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In a first, captive-bred vultures to be released in Ahmedabad [1]

City, Mahuva Identified Among 6 Vulture Safe Zones In The Country

Ahmedabad/Mahuva: Vulture conservation in Gujarat has got a major boost with the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) selecting Mahuva and Ahmedabad among the six provisional vultures’ safe zones (VSZ) in India. Within three years, vultures successfully bred in captivity under the BNHS’s Save Asia’s Vultures from Extinction (SAVE) programme will be released in their natural environments in Mahuva.

Publication Date: 
29/05/2012
Vijaysinh Parmar [2]
Times Of India (Ahmedabad) [3]
Tags:
Ahmedabad (T) [4], Vulture [5], Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) [6], Toxicology [7], Drugs [8], Uttar Pradesh [9], Assam [10], Jharkhand [11], Endangered Species [12], Wildlife [13], Gujarat [14]
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