Early Birds, a city based organization for conservation of nature had recently organized a series of meetings at schools near Deepor beel, the lone Ramsar site in the State.

Five vultures were found dead on the outskirts of a village in Viramgam taluka. Preliminary information suggested that the vultures died four days ago, after feeding on goat's carrion.

The vulture has been spotted again near Victoria Memorial Vultures are back in the city, after a gap of two years.

Shimla: Unchecked over-the-counter sale of globally banned veterinary drug diclofenac in Himachal Pradesh has put a question mark on the government's effort in phasing out the drug that has been pro

eleven peafowl found dead in Punjab were killed by food contaminated with pesticides. Nine peahens and two peacocks died in Ladhowal forest area near Ludhiana on December 26. The state forest

After a dramatic decline in population in the last decade, vultures are increasing in Nepal. A study by the Bird Conservation Nepal (bcn) says vulture nests have doubled in number in a year since the vulture feeding centres were initiated in the region (see

An ambitious breeding-in-captivity project aims to save the endangered vulture by preventing it from feeding on carcasses rich in the killer diclofenac drug. It may be a classical case of too little too late.