{"id":9313,"date":"2022-10-20T10:36:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T05:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=9313"},"modified":"2025-03-29T12:33:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T07:03:04","slug":"vultures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vultures\/","title":{"rendered":"Vultures"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Tamil Nadu- State level committee:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The committee, which has a two-year tenure, will take steps for monitoring the conservation and recovery of existing vulture sites and mapping of vulture populations across the State for creating safe zones.<\/li>\n<li>It will work to eliminate the use of toxic veterinary drugs (Diclofenac), the main reason for vulture fatalities.<\/li>\n<li>Prevention of poisoning of cattle carcasses, the principal food of vultures, is also one of the responsibilities of the newly formed committee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>In Tamil Nadu, four species of vultures are found \u2014<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>the Oriental white-backed vulture,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>the long-billed vulture,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>the red-headed vulture, and<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>the Egyptian vulture.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The first three are residents and can be found in the\u00a0<strong>landscapes of the Nilgiris and Sathyamangalam.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>There is evidence of Egyptian vulture breeding only at one site in\u00a0<strong>Dharmapuri<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Vulture population:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>96% of India\u2019s vulture population declined between 1993 and 2003.<\/li>\n<li>Therefore, the Central government put into place two action plans to protect the species at the national level \u2014 the first in 2006 and the second, ongoing plan for 2020-2025.<\/li>\n<li>One of the important action points in this nationwide plan is the formation of State-level committees to save the critically endangered population of vultures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Vulture species in India:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>9 species of vultures are found in India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Of these nine species,\u00a04 are listed as Critically Endangered\u00a0species of Vultures and\u00a0one as endangered species\u00a0in IUCN red list of endangered species.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Species of Vultures found in India and their Conservation Status:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Indian Vulture or\u00a0Long-billed vulture (Gyps indicus)-<\/strong>Critically Endangered<\/li>\n<li><strong>Indian White-backed Vulture (Gyps bengalensis)-<\/strong>Critically Endangered<\/li>\n<li><strong>Red-headed Vulture (Sarcogypscalvus)<\/strong>&#8211;\u00a0Critically Endangered<\/li>\n<li><strong>Slender-billed Vulture (Gyps tenuirostris)-\u00a0<\/strong>Critically Endangered<\/li>\n<li><strong>Egyptian Vulture (Neophronpercnopterus)-<\/strong>\u00a0Endangered<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cincerous Vulture (Aegypiusmonachus)-<\/strong>\u00a0Near Threatened<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bearded Vulture (Gypaetusbarbatus)-<\/strong>Near Threatened<\/li>\n<li><strong>Himalayan Vulture (Gyps himalayansis)-<\/strong>Near Threatened<\/li>\n<li><strong>Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus)-\u00a0<\/strong>Least Concern<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Source :<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/tamil-nadu\/tamil-nadus-mission-to-save-the-critically-endangered-vultures\/article66032370.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Hindu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9 species of vultures are found in 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