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HIMALAYAN VULTURES
UP: Highly toxic pesticide behind vulture deaths in Dudhwa reserve buffer zone, says lab reportScientists at IVRI Bareilly have identified the pesticide 'carbofuran' as the cause of death for 25 vultures in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve bu...
New nest? Himalayan vultures found in ChambalThe UP forest department recently rescued a baby Himalayan griffon, also known as the Himalayan vulture, from Lavedi area of the Chambal re...
- Himalayan vulture sighted in Nilgiris
N Raveendran, a Madurai-based naturalist, expected to see when he participated in the vulture census in the forests of the Nilgiris was a H...
- 5 vulture species spotted at 1 spot in Bhavnagar
Wildlife conservationists have recorded an extremely rare sighting -that of five species of the critically endangered vultures scavenging t...
- In Pinjore, dwindling vultures get a cautious, fighting chance
A narrow road off the Chandigarh-Shimla highway leads to Jatayu Vulture Breeding Centre in Pinjore, Haryana.
Punjab, Haryana to carve out Vulture Safe ZonePunjab and Haryana have decided to create a Vulture Safe Zone over 100 km radius where birds bred in captivity at country's first Jatayu (v...
Endangered vulture chick sighted in BikanerA wild life conservator spotted a rare sight in Bikaner recently, a vulture chick. It belongs to the endangered long-billed vulture species.
Himalayan vulture makes a comeback in the AravalisThe Himalayan griffon vulture, a threatened species was recently spotted in the Aravalis along Gurgaon-Faridabad highway, near Mangar Bani ...
- Banned painkiller behind death of 21 endangered vultures?
The death of 21 highly endangered Himalayan Griffon vultures in a Haldwani village has come as "very shocking news" for the Uttarakhand wil...
- Endangered vultures find no home in Goa
Just two of 15 critically endangered bird species mentioned in the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) latest list were...
15 bird species in India critically endangeredEven as conservation efforts at various levels continue to show hope for the future, the latest International Union for Conservation of Nat...
Environmentalists prepare list of endangered speciesEven as conservation efforts at various levels continue to show hope for the future, the latest International Union for Conservation of Nat...
Golden Eagle spotted at Desert National ParkThere's good news for bird watchers and wildlife enthusiasts. The Golden Eagle, generally found in the Himalayan region, for the first time...
- Madhya Pradesh conducts vulture population estimation in Panna Tiger Reserve
The Vulture Population Estimation-2013 has been concluded in the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, the state government said on Wednes...
- Rare vultures spotted in Arunachal forest
Researchers from Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU), near here claimed they spotted three endangered species of vultures at Dying Ering Wildlife...
- Rare rumped vultures spotted in Hamirpur
At a time when efforts are being made for conservation of endangered vultures by setting up breeding centres, spotting of nearly 100 vultur...
14 bird species on verge of extinction in IndiaAt least 14 species of birds from India are on the verge of extinction due to poaching, over use of pesticides and loss of habitat, governm...
- Vulture conservation project fails to impress
The vulture conservation project which was launched some three years back may not meet the desired goals due to half-hearted approach adopt...
- 200 vultures sighted near China border
At a time when 99% of India's four crore vultures have died in the last three decades, the sighting of around 200 bearded variety of the sp...
- 3 poisoned Himalayan vultures successfully treated
Three Himalayan vultures who had consumed poisoned carcasses have been successfully treated and released in the wild.