The rapid decline of vulture population in India. Six Reasons of Vultures dying

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The rapid decline of vulture population in India. Six Reasons of Vultures dying 1. Electrocution The researchers had rescued an Oriental White-backed Vulture, Gyps bengalensis, which was found in an open field at Bhangaon village in Shrigonda taluka. They conducted studies on the bird and found that it was emaciated but was not poisoned. When the bird was eventually released, it unfortunately got electrocuted from electricity wires almost 60 km away from the point of release. The researchers thus believe that electrocution, a reason hitherto not mentioned might be leading to more number of vulture deaths. “Electrocution from overhead electricity wires is another reason cited in the research, because the larger the bird and its wing span, the higher the chances of electrocution. Some other species that are threatened due to electrocution are Great Indian Bustard, Saras Crane and some species of Eagles,” said Pande. 2. Food Shortage Another reason for the decline in vulture population quoted by the experts is shortage of food. This is because the central government has given a directive to villagers to bury the carcasses of dead animals in order to keep villages clean. While the effort is good, the lack of animal carcasses leaves the vulture hungry and without food. 3. Diclofenac The people of Ela Foundation do not believe that this chemical is harming the vultures as much as projected. This is because the shelf life of Diclofenac is 6 hours and if the vultures do eat the carcasses of animals who have been administered the drug, the chances of the chemical reaching their body is very less. “Diclofenac led them to be afflicted with a disease called Gout, leading to organ dysfunction. The authorities therefore banned the drug. But the vultures are on the decline, more so since 1985. Diclofenac poisoning is therefore not the only cause. Only few vultures have hitherto been known to have died of diclofenac poisoning. The decline has therefore been due to a number of causes,” said Pande. 4. Malaria Some of the vultures they studied were found to be suffering from Malaria. This had led them to conclude that this too may be one of the reasons vultures are dying in the wild. 5. Pesticides Many farmers spray cattle carcasses with the pesticide such as Organo-chlorineand Organo-phosphorous to prevent them from spreading foul odour. This pesticide infested carcass may be eaten by the vulture leading to its death. The scientists have found instances where hundreds of vultures have died this way. 6. Lack of Nesting Trees Some species of vulture like the Oriental White-backed Vulture prefer to make their nest on coconut trees. But when the trees are chopped off, the vultures lose their home. Some trees may also wither away due to the frequent vulture droppings on the trees, and therefore many times they are cut even though they are healthy. ******************************************************************* This is Gir India Films. The india's largest professionally wildlife stock footage company especially based on Earth's Endangered species Asiatic Lions and Habitat unique Gir forest wildlife sanctuary. Do you know that Asiatic Lion living only inhabited on earth which is Gir forest sanctuary, Gujarat, India??? So getting to the world's only channel to make face to face Asiatic Lion. We are giving first time video-based social networking experience! Do you want to see the Asiatic Lions from only one habitat "Gir forest" ??? So please quickly subscribe to get Unimaginable videos, stories and information. To SUBSCRIBE click the below link: https://www.youtube.com/c/girindia Features of Gir India Films Me and my team are active for last 25 years working in the surrounding gir forest area, we have huge footage collection of asiatic lion, leopard and wild animals, wildlife, Jungle people, village, festivals, politics, pilgrimage, traditional fair, earthquake, floods, heavy rain, fisherman, and biodiversity and gujarat siddi community (African origin) unique, amazing and rare videos footage. we have more than 1000 DVC, SD format and HD the largest collection of VHS, DVC, HD imagery from Gujarat state in India. The collection comprises of 10, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, SR, XDCAM and 4K. Immense wealth in huge archive. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your any type production! Please write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your any type production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across Gujarat. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and gujarat to the world... Reach us at: girindiafilms@gmail.com, Gir india Films