Decline in Vulture population leading to health crisis in India, costing nearly $70 billion, 5 lakh deaths, study findsA significant decline in vulture populations in India has led to a public health crisis, causing up to 500,000 premature deaths between 200...
Vulture population down from 4 cr to 4 lakh in 3 decades"In India, vultures died after consuming dead cattle, which were given 'diclofenac' drug, and their population reduced from four crore to l...
- 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...
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...
Vultures to be tracked with transmitters in MaharashtraThe state forest department and Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) will launch an in-situ vulture conservation project in Maharashtra fr...
Rare vultures sighted in Palamu after a decadeTwo white vultures were spotted by the officials of Palamu Tiger Reserve in Chainpur recently.
Diclofenac not the sole cause of vulture deaths, say expertsUse of diclofenac in animals has been reported to have led to a sharp decline in the vulture population in the Indian subcontinent and thei...
- Diclofenac drug behind declining vulture population
Declining population of vultures is a cause of worry for the administration.
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 ...
- 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...
- Four vulture species found at Orcha in MP
In the first-ever vulture census in Orchha Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh, 125 vultures of four species and their nests have been found.
‘Loss of habitat, veterinary drug responsible for vulture decline’Vulture Awareness day celebrated on first Saturday of September
- 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...
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-...
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...
- 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...
- 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...