Vulture Conservation Project page - 2
The primary aim of these canters is to hold safely a core population of the species affected. Once the environment is safe for vultures, they will act as a source population for reintroductions or as supplementation to wild populations. However, removing from the environment the primary cause of the vulture declines, veterinary diclofenac, is a significant task. Despite the drug having been banned in hree of the range countries (India, Pakistan and Nepal), it is unlikely to be removed quickly from the environment. Diclofenac has been used widely in Pakistan (Oaks et al. 2004, Ahmed & Khan 2005), India (Risebrough 2004) and Nepal (R. Cuthbert pers. comm.). As recently as July 2005, up to 22% of surveyed livestock carcasses in parts of India contained diclofenac residues (Taggart et al. 2007). Other recent unpublished reports confirm that it is still available in other parts of South Asia – at least in remote areas where regulatory enforcement is low. Even if diclofenac is removed from circulation within the next five years, estimated annual rates of decline still remain near 50%, suggesting that extinction, at least across most of the range for these species, is considered likely (Green et al.2004, Shultz et al. 2004).
Looking the above experiences of other countries, our organization has decided to launch such project, which could help and stop further decline of the vulture by providing feeding to them where they located. In this regard, Nagarparkar is the place where such vultures are commonly located therefore, the site for feeding place is suggested to establish there.   (more)