Chennai, April 4 -- Tamil Nadu has witnessed a steady rise in Vulture population according to a Synchronised Vulture Survey-2025 and census conducted by the Forest department, report of which was released on Friday.

Vultures provide extremely important ecosystem services in our natural, agricultural and rural environments, especially for recycling of nutrients through highly efficient organic waste disposal as obligate scavengers.

The decline in the population of white rumped vultures, long billed vultures, red-headed vultures and slender billed vultures over last three decades in the country have led to their inclusion as critically endangered species, an official release said.

The Tamil Nadu Government has taken a number of ste...