MUMBAI: There has been a 99 per cent crash in the vulture population from the mid of 1990s till now, reported the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS). The main reason for the depleting population was found to be a veterinary drug given to cattle, whose carcass the vultures are known to consume.
The BNHS reports said that the Diclofenac veterinary use was the prime reason for the crash in vulture population as the vultures devouring cattle treated with the drug, died of kidney failure. The Diclofenac veterinary use was banned by government of India in 2006 after advocacy by the BNHS and other animal rights organizations, human Diclofenac is still used for cattle. Though, after repeated campaigns, the drug use has been brought down, potentially unsafe drugs like Ketoprofen and Aceclofenac are still used in veterinary.
BNHS is currently running three vulture breeding centres with RSPB and state government help in Haryana, West Bengal and Assam. Five other centres are running in various states by the government. BNHS would be releasing 600 pairs for the three endangered Gyps vultures into the wild. BNHS doing double clutching of vulture eggs in captivity, wherein the first laid egg is removed for artificial incubation, so that the pair lays another egg·
BNHS intends to release 600 pairs of the three Gyps vulture species eventually into the wild·
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