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Vulture population on the rise in Jim Corbett national
park
by Vibhav Porav
Jim
Corbett (Uttarakhand): Forest experts at Jim Corbett
national park in Uttarakhand are delighted over the rising
number of vultures in the region. This was indicated by
an international project undertaken by the rangers of
the wildlife sanctuary to count the vultures. The positive
reports about the population are significant considering
a wide concern that vultures may soon become extinct.
"No doubt vulture population is decreasing in our country
and wildlife experts are concerned. But I am very happy
that I sighted over 100 vultures of three different species
here. There are at least 20 pairs of Seyranian, there
are around 35 pairs of Himalayan vultures and we even
saw the cylinder built birds. This symbolises very good,
I am very happy," said P.K. Patro, Divisional Forest Officer,
Ramnagar. According to available reports, 99 per cent
of the country's vulture population has vanished mainly
because they have been consuming carcasses of cows treated
with an anti-inflammatory drug Diclofenac Sodium, whose
manufacture was banned in 2006. Scientists warn that Asian
vultures can become extinct within a decade unless the
livestock drug blamed for their rapid demise is eliminated.
Vultures find a place in Schedule I of Wildlife Protection
Act, 1972, the country's only legal framework to protect
endangered species, which prohibits hunting and trafficking
of endangered species. Jim Corbett National Park has been
named after the hunter turned conservationist Jim Corbett
who played main role the park's establishment, which is
today the oldest national park in India. It was established
in 1936 as Hailey National Park. Located in Uttarakhand's
Nainital district, the park acts as a protected area for
the critically endangered Bengal tiger of India, the secure
survival of which is the main objective of Project Tiger,
an Indian wildlife protection initiative.
-Jan
22, 2009
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