Amravati, Jan. 6 -- As part of its ongoing vulture conservation initiative, the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has released 15 critically endangered Indian vultures into Maharashtra's Melghat Tiger Reserve, officials said on Tuesday.
The scavenger birds were translocated from the Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre in Pinjore to the Somthana Range of Melghat in Amravati district on April 23 last year.
Following their arrival, the vultures were housed in a pre-release aviary to help them gradually adapt to local environmental conditions.
To monitor their movement and survival after release, all the vultures were fitted with GSM and satellite tracking devices on December 19, 2025.
The soft-release process began on January 2, when ...