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VULTURE SAFE ZONE
Vulture culture: Rescuing the big birdCaptive breeding, protected zones, safe drugs and even special ‘restaurants’ are among the steps being taken in India to conserve the scave...
- 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...
- New hope for saving vulture population
The Union government has banned multi-dose vials of human diclofenac, which is expected to give a boost to vulture conservation in the coun...
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...
Why climate change & pollution threats to Sundarbans cannot be taken lightly by governmentsSix years after cyclone Aila, the existential threat faced by the people and fauna in one of the world’s largest mangroves has reached alar...
Forest dept to open seventh vulture 'restaurant' in Gadchiroli todayEven as International Vulture Awareness Day will be observed by the forest department on Saturday to highlight plight of vultures facing ex...
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...
Indian Bustard, Lesser Florican feared extinct around Nashik region, seven bird species 'highly endangered'The Great Indian Bustard and the Lesser Florican, birds once found in abundance in the region, are feared to be extinct, while seven other ...
India praised for its vulture conservation effortsThe vultures in South Asia have been under threat for over a decade now. But the silver lining is that India has acted quickly to conserve ...
- Vultures now threatened by a second drug called aceclofenac
A new study by Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has shown that vultures in south Asia are now threatened by a second painkiller drug c...
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...
- PAWS IN PARADISE
The magnificent animals in the national parks of Kenya and Tanzania made childhood movie and music memories of Africa come alive for Subhra...