Vultures on way back to UP?Critically endangered vultures might be on their way back to the state. At least 900 vultures have been counted in 13 districts in the firs...
20 Dec, 2014, 06.08 PM IST
Vultures face extinction in Indian subcontinent: United Nations reportThe vulture population has, in fact, witnessed one of the "most dramatic declines" of a wild species in human history, it said.
08 Oct, 2014, 08.27 PM IST
- Vultures sighted in Katarniaghat
During a visit to the forest areas of Girjapuri seed farm in Western range, district forest officer (DFO) wildlife, Aasheesh Tewari spotted...
06 Jan, 2014, 10.42 AM IST
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...
08 Dec, 2013, 04.44 AM IST
- Central govt to shell out Rs 1 crore to upgrade vulture conservation breeding centre
Their decline has been faster than any other wild bird. But before vultures faded out completely from the Indian sky, the state forest depa...
25 Jun, 2013, 01.18 PM IST
- Diclofenac drug behind declining vulture population
Declining population of vultures is a cause of worry for the administration.
17 Mar, 2013, 12.08 AM IST
108 vultures spotted in Suhelwa Wildlife Sanctuary in ShrawastiIndian vultures have vanished because of feeding on dead livestock that were administered an anti-inflammatory drug called diclofenac that ...
12 Feb, 2013, 01.27 AM IST
- 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...
15 Dec, 2012, 05.25 AM IST
- Vulture numbers rise up for first time in 20 years, study shows
The vulture population in India started to fall dramatically in the early 1990s and more than 99 per cent of the big scavenging birds were ...
12 Nov, 2012, 05.16 AM IST
Population of critically endangered vultures stable: ReportAfter years of relentless efforts to save vultures in south Asia, numbers of the most critically endangered species have stabilised across ...
11 Nov, 2012, 04.20 PM IST
‘Loss of habitat, veterinary drug responsible for vulture decline’Vulture Awareness day celebrated on first Saturday of September
02 Sep, 2012, 12.03 PM IST
Vulture numbers go up in Girnar hillsThe number of the endangered vultures and their nests has considerably increased in the last two years in Girnar hills of Junagadh, a city-...
31 May, 2012, 07.40 PM IST
In a first, captive-bred vultures to be released in AhmedabadVulture conservation in Gujarat has got a major boost with the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) selecting Mahuva and Ahmedabad among t...
29 May, 2012, 04.30 AM IST
- Vultures' census to be conducted on May 26, 27
The Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation, an autonomous body of Forests and Environment department, will carry out a...
17 May, 2012, 10.56 PM IST
- The scavenger eyes a comeback
It has been six years in coming, but the vulture conservation centre in Pinjore, Haryana, has landed a breakthrough – 16 vultures bred in c...
02 Jul, 2010, 04.42 AM IST
- Ropeway project to temple put on hold to "save" vultures
The Centre has put on hold the proposed ropeway to Gujarat's religious shrine atop Mount Girnar citing threat to the nesting of endangered ...
27 Oct, 2009, 05.52 PM IST
- Indian vultures may be gone in 10 years
The oriental white-backed vulture, once thought to be the commonest bird of prey in the world, has lost 99.9% of its population since 1992,...
02 May, 2008, 05.02 AM IST