Habitat loss, food scarcity key factors in decline of Long-billed Vulture: Study
2 months, 1 week ago

Habitat loss, food scarcity key factors in decline of Long-billed Vulture: Study

Hindustan Times  

Habitat loss, food scarcity, and the use of anti-inflammatory drugs are key factors responsible for the decline of the critically endangered Long-billed Vulture population, a new study has revealed. The study, led by Assistant Professor Ram Prakash Saran from the Department of Zoology, Jai Narain Vyas University, along with research scholars Ashok Kumar Panchal and Ramesh Choudhary, focused on the distribution and nesting sites of the Long-billed vulture in the region. “The significant decline in the vulture population is attributed to multiple factors, including habitat loss, food scarcity, and the use of anti-inflammatory drugs. “Long-billed Vultures thrive in environments where there is access to both food and water,” said Saran, stressing the urgent need for conservation efforts to ensure the survival of this iconic species.

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Wings of hope: Can Ramanagara revive its vulture population?
6 months ago

Wings of hope: Can Ramanagara revive its vulture population?

The Hindu  

The nature enthusiasts who gathered at the Ramadevarabetta vulture sanctuary on the morning of September 14 were one lucky batch. What awaited the group was a glorious view of the only pair of critically endangered long-billed vultures in the sanctuary, perched about 3,000 feet high on the crevice of a monolith that’s characteristic of Ramanagara. The Karnataka Forest Department and …

Pharmacists from places around vulture habitats roped in for conservation efforts
7 months ago

Pharmacists from places around vulture habitats roped in for conservation efforts

The Hindu  

With surveys showing easy availability of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs that are harmful to vultures in places around their habitats, pharmacists from such places have been roped in for the conservation of the winged scavengers. On Tuesday, pharmacists from Mettupalayam, Sirumugai and Karamadai regions of Coimbatore district were sensitised to the harmful effects of veterinary use of NSAIDs on vultures, as …

Long-billed Vultures in Nilgiris: Human Disturbances and Conservation
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Long-billed Vultures in Nilgiris: Human Disturbances and Conservation

The Hindu  

The Nilgiris is home to some nesting sites of the critically endangered long-billed vulture. “The Ebbanad Nesting Colony had two nests in 2018, but the number came down to one the next year, most likely because of tourism,” said Mr. Manigandan. “While the loss of a single nest may not seem much, it needs to be understood that the breeding …

Why saving the vulture matters
1 year, 6 months ago

Why saving the vulture matters

Live Mint  

The latest State of India’s Birds report, released towards the end of August, revealed yet more alarming trends for vulture species in the country. Vultures have catastrophically declined in India since the 1990s – from a population of millions to now just tens of thousands -- with the Indian vulture crisis labelled by many conservationists as one of the most …

White-rumped vulture faces a perilous future in Nilgris’ Sigur plateau
1 year, 8 months ago

White-rumped vulture faces a perilous future in Nilgris’ Sigur plateau

The Hindu  

Despite the protective measures, the future remains extremely perilous for the critically endangered white-rumped vulture in the Sigur plateau in the Nilgiris, the last southernmost viable breeding population for the species in India. It was conducted by Samson Arockianathan for his doctoral thesis, ‘Studies on Population, Breeding Ecology and Conservation Threats of Critically Endangered White-rumped vulture in the Mudumalai Tiger …

‘Vets for vultures’ sensitisation programme held at Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
2 years, 8 months ago

‘Vets for vultures’ sensitisation programme held at Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

The Hindu  

A programme to sensitise veterinarians to the use of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and their impact on endangered vulture species was organised by the conservation NGO ‘Arulagam’ at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Theppakadu on Wednesday. Around 30 students from the veterinary university at Pookode in Wayanad, Kerala, participated in the event, titled “Vets for Vultures.” The Veterinarian at MTR, Rajesh …

Conservation challenges of vultures continue in Nilgiris
5 years, 6 months ago

Conservation challenges of vultures continue in Nilgiris

Deccan Chronicle  

OOTY: The first Saturday of September, observed as ‘International Vulture Awareness Day’, reminds mankind about conserving vultures, nature's own disposal squad which help keeps the environs clean. Dr.B.Ramakrishnan, Assistant Professor of Wildlife Biology and Zoology at the Government Arts College here, who is the principal investigator in a 10 year project on vulture biology in the Moyar valley in the …

Vultures may be rescued by their genetic diversity
10 years, 5 months ago

Vultures may be rescued by their genetic diversity

The Hindu  

India’s notoriously diminished vulture population, now just 3 per cent of its size from two decades ago, may in fact have a fighting chance of revival, says a new research paper. What vultures have lost in numbers, they make up for in genetic diversity — a key criterion for successful breeding — finds a study of three critically endangered Asian …

Vultures on the the brink of extinction in State?
12 years, 10 months ago

Vultures on the the brink of extinction in State?

The Hindu  

The population of vultures has declined so drastically in Andhra Pradesh that the scavenging bird is on the verge of extinction. Except for two vultures sighted in Utnoor in Adilabad in November last and February this year, they are not found anywhere else,” said G. Umapaty, senior scientist, Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species, a facility of the Centre …

Vanishing vultures
13 years, 1 month ago

Vanishing vultures

The Hindu  

Vultures continue to fall prey to diclofenac, banned as a veterinary drug, and remain on the IUCN's Red List. At the time Vibhu Prakash accepted that practical problems would prevent an immediate end to the use of veterinary diclofenac, but even otherwise he was uneasy about the execution of the ban. The study, Assessing the ongoing threat from veterinary non-steroidal …

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