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Back from brink: India's vultures stage comeback as captive-breeding, release efforts gather paceVultures are making a comeback in India after a two-decade decline, with over 700 birds bred in captivity and released into protected tiger...
Tiger, pangolin farming in Myanmar risks 'boosting demand'
Govt proposes 10-year comprehensive plan for conservation of birds, their habitatsAmid growing threats to a number of bird species in the country, the Union environment ministry has come out with a 10-year comprehensive p...
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...
Do vultures need a rebranding campaign in India?The unpretty bird also urgently needs a rebranding campaign, so that it can regain the pre-eminence it enjoyed in ancient Egypt, Tibet, Per...
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...
- Migratory birds flock Gangetic wetlands in Bihar
With avian visitors as far as from Ladakh, China border and Europe flocking the Gangetic wetlands, the state has turned into a bird watcher...
- 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...
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 ...
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...
- 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...