Plan to release Asian vulture into the wild by 2016 underway

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 12:30

A project hopes to start releasing captive-bred birds into the wild by 2016, after experiencing the devastation wrought by a drug on Asian vulture populations.

Seven rare Himalayan Griffon vultures killed by train

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 17:28

Seven rare breed of Himalayan Griffon vulture were killed and four others seriously injured by a goods train in Assam`s Kamrup district today, forest officials said.

Captive breeding of vultures to start in Tripura

Last Updated: Monday, October 28, 2013, 11:13

Concerned over the drastic decline in vulture population in Tripura, the forest department has decided to start captive breeding of the scavenger bird at the Sipahijala Wildlife Sanctuary near here.

Rare Egyptian vultures sighted in Odisha

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 15:24

Rare Egyptian vultures have been spotted near Laxmipur in Chikiti forest range of Odisha`s Ganjam district and the forest department intends to carry out a survey of the birds.

African vultures at risk of poisoning

Last Updated: Sunday, February 3, 2013, 15:24

Vultures in Africa are now at risk of getting poisoned through cattle carcasses containing anti-inflammatory drugs, warns a British study.

`Population of critically endangered vultures stable`

Last Updated: Sunday, November 11, 2012, 12:09

After years of relentless efforts to save vultures in south Asia, numbers of the most critically endangered species have stabilised across India and Nepal, according to a latest study.

Buxa Tiger Reserve may get its vultures back

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 28, 2012, 15:05

Vultures which were once abundant in West Bengal`s Buxa tiger reserve and its adjoining forest areas may stage a comeback if an ongoing conservation project succeeds.

Fresh threat to Indian vultures from cattle medicine

Last Updated: Friday, August 24, 2012, 13:18

The critically endangered Indian vulture, nature`s scavenger, faces another potential danger from the mass-produced veterinary painkiller aceclofenac administered to cattle.

Centre coming up to protect vultures

Last Updated: Thursday, May 17, 2012, 19:39

Wildlife experts and foresters are working with the Uttar Pradesh government to set up a conservation centre for vultures, whose population has drastically fallen in India.

Terai region to be made diclofenac-free zone for vultures

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 17, 2011, 12:56

Diclofenac is a restricted drug, banned by the government in 2006 for veterinary uses.

Banned painkiller continues to kill vultures

Last Updated: Sunday, May 8, 2011, 13:46

Heavy content of diclofenac has been detected on samples of dead animals.

Use of banned drug is grave threat to vultures: Ornithologists

Last Updated: Sunday, February 13, 2011, 16:24

The population of Indian vultures, an endangered species whose population has suffered a 99 percent drop mostly due to livestock drug Diclofenac that has been banned since 2006.