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Bayana cliffs becomes vulture graveyard, cries for protected tag [1]

At a time when crores of rupees are being pumped into the creation of captive breeding sites of vultures across the country, one of the largest natural nesting colonies of Gyps Indicus or long billed vultures (LBV) of the country, on the Bayana cliffs of the Aravalis (40 kms from Bharatpur) in Rajasthan, is turning into a graveyard of these critically-endangered birds and crying for protected stat

Publication Date: 
24/01/2011
Pioneer (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) [3], Vulture [4], Wildlife [5], Rajasthan [6], Endangered Species [7], Ranipur SA [8]

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Source URL: http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/bayana-cliffs-becomes-vulture-graveyard-cries-protected-tag

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/bayana-cliffs-becomes-vulture-graveyard-cries-protected-tag
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/pioneer-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bombay-natural-history-society-bnhs
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vulture
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rajasthan
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ranipur-sa