The crash in their population from estimated 4 crores in the early 1980s to less than a lakh by 2007 in India is unprecedented in the animal world. Outside of the oceans, vultures are the only known obligate scavengers.
Threats
A major threat to vultures is the painkiller diclofenac used by veterinarians to treat cattle.
Effects
Aceclofenac
Drugs Toxic to Vulture
Safe Drugs for Vultures
Conservation Measures
Vulture census
Vulture Safe zone
International Efforts
International Vulture Conservation Awareness Day
The initiative is run jointly by the Birds of Prey Programme of the Endangered Wildlife Trust in South Africa and the Hawk Conservancy Trust in England.Through IVAD, both the organisation try to raise awareness about the threats that vultures are facing today and promote a coordinated international effort to publicise the conservation of vultures to a wider audience.
Recent News First in many years, a vulture was spotted in the skyline of Thane which has not been spotted over two decades in the city. Indian vulture
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