Government Tells Assembly That Birds’ Numbers Dropped By 25%
Ahmedabad: Vulture population in Gujarat has dropped to a new low of 1,065 during the last five years. The count recorded in 2007 was 2,539 and ever since then, a sharp decline is seen. The count further dropped to 1,431 in 2008 and the May 2010 count showed that there are just 1,065 vultures in the state. The state government in a reply to a question posed by Karjan MLA Chandu Dabhi said that the vulture count in May 2010 was 1,065,
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/1065-vulture-count-lowest-so-far-state
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-ahmedabad
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kuchchh
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vulture
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bustard
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gandhinagar-d
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bhavnagar-d
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pigs
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/birds
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gujarat
