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18 Dec 2019

Satellite fitted vulture released for the first time in India

The decision to release the vulture was taken after the forest officers' meeting. Eventually, 6 vultures were released in wild on Tuesday with a satellite transmitter. Tags have been placed in their body for continuous monitoring as the vultures can fly as long as 100 km per day. The experts keep constant monitoring through CCTV in the aviaries.

24 Sep 2017

15 vulture species facing extinction set to get global protection

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of species threatened with extinction has listed a majority of these vulture species as critically endangered, indicating a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

Egyptian Vulture

16 Apr 2017

Endangered vulture with broken wing rescued in Delhi

A rare Egyptian vulture with injuries to its right wing was on Saturday rescued by a wildlife conservation and rescue organisation from outside a house in east Delhi.

28 Jan 2016

Shocking: Vulture that flew over Israel-Lebanon border “held for spying”

The staff at Gamla Nature Reserve were able to track the bird as it crossed the border but lost signal shortly after it entered Bint Jbeil, the report said.

18 Sep 2015

Restrict Diclofenac package to save vultures: Ministry

The environment ministry has called for restricting the use of painkiller drug Diclofenac to a "single dose" package for humans to avoid its misuse for veterinary purposes and thereby cause a steep decline in the vulture population, an official statement said on Friday.

18 Sep 2015

For taking toll on vulture numbers, govt bans cattle drug vial

Alarmed by the "steep" decline in the vulture population in India and to protect the bird from "extinction", the government has banned the multidose vial of anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac, which is used for cattle.

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