Panchkula, April 23 -- A total of thirty-four long-billed and white-rumped vultures, both critically endangered species of birds, were handed over to the Maharashtra forest department at Pinjore in Haryana on the occasion of Earth Day on Tuesday.
In a statement, the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) stated that the birds were being transferred from the Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre in Pinjore to Maharashtra, where they will be reintroduced to the wild.
As part of India's ongoing vulture reintroduction programme, 34 captive-bred vultures, including 20 long-billed and 14 white-rumped, were successfully transferred from the JCBC to three key sites in Melghat, Pench, and Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserves in the state.The transfer marks ...