U.P. readies world’s 1st conservation centre for Asian King vultures.

Environment

Uttar Pradesh will soon have the world’s first conservation and breeding centre for Asian king vulture in Maharajganj. The facility aims to improve the population of the species, which has been listed as critically endangered in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s red list since 2007.


      Uttar Pradesh to open world's first Asian king vulture conservation and breeding centre in Maharajganj to save critically endangered species.

      The centre is named Jatayu Conservation and Breeding Centre, where 24x7 monitoring of the vultures is being done. Among its staff include a scientific officer and a biologist.

     

 

     


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