Chennai, Feb. 27 -- The two-day synchronized Vulture commenced on Thursday with the active co-operation of States of Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

The census would be conducted in seven protected areas where Vulture population is known to exist.

Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden Rakesh Kumar Dogra said as a run up to the exercise, preparatory meetings have been conducted with the field officers of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka sharing details of location, logistics and methodologies to be adopted for conducting the census.

It has been decided in the co-ordination meeting that census will be held in 106 points in the three States.

As far as Tamil Nadu is concerned, census will be conducted...