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Updates from the BNHS Vulture Conservation Breeding Centres
The involvement of BNHS in the capture and breeding of vultures in India continues to expand and the programme now holds 182 vultures in captivity at three centres in the States of Haryana, West Bengal and Assam. The latest news letter-letter from 2006-07 (Jatayu 5) and information on the Haryana and West Bengal breeding centres are now available below on these links (all pdf documents).
BNHS breeding centre annual newsletters:
Jatayu 5, Jatayu 4, Jatayu 3, Jatayu 2 and Jatayu 1
Harayana breeding centre leaflet
West Bengal breeding centre leaflet Part 1 and Part 2
The BNHS vulture conservation breeding programme is now fully recognised by the Indian Central Zoo Authority (CZA) and Dr Vibhu Prakash (BNHS Principal Scientist and head of the vulture breeding and research programme) is now advising the CZA on their bird breeding programmes.
Earlier information on the breeding centres is available here and photos of the centres and birds are at this link.
Photos of the breeding programme teams in India are shown below, from (top to bottom) Pinjore, Assam and West Bengal, respectively
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