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Vulture Restaurant in Jharkhand 

Vulture Restaurant in Jharkhand 

Context:

  • A ‘Vulture Restaurant’ has been established in Koderma of Jharkhand to conserve the declining vulture population

About the Vulture Restaurant

  • It is an undisturbed area where non-toxic, poison-free meat and carcasses are provided for vultures and other scavengers.
  • The initiative aims to address the adverse impact of livestock drugs, particularly diclofenac, on vultures.
  • The first ‘vulture restaurant’ came up in 2015 at Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary in Raigad, Maharashtra.
  • There are four other such restaurants, all in the same state.

Types of Vultures

  • Vultures are one of the 22 species of large carrion-eating birds that live mostly in the tropics and subtropics.
  • They act as nature’s garbage collectors
  • Vultures play a valuable role in keeping wildlife diseases in check.
  • India is home to nine species of Vulture namely the Oriental white-backed,   Long-billed,
  • Slender-billed, Himalayan, Red-headed, Egyptian, Bearded, Cinereous and the Eurasian Griffon.

Conservation Status

  • Schedule-1 of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972: Bearded, Long-billed, Slender-billed,Oriental white-backed.
  • Rest are protected under ‘Schedule IV’.
  • IUCN Red List:
  • Critically Endangered:

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