Efforts to save Asian vultures

Efforts to save Asian vultures


Asian vulture rescue program is expected to release in the conservation of birds into the wild in 2016 .

Saving Asia 's Vulture from Extiction ( SAVE ) said they planned to release 25 birds into the " safe zone . "

Asian vulture populations are threatened with extinction due to the use of the drug diclofenac in cattle .

Anti-inflammatory drugs are often used to reduce the swelling of the injured or sick animals has been banned from use due to impact on the vultures eat the carcasses of livestock .

However SAVE says some people still use them illegally to livestock .

" Safe zone "

Vulture breeding conservation done in place .
Rinkita Gurav of the Bombay Natural History Society - SAVE - member consortium said it was important to " stop the use of diclofenac in the market completely . "

" The drug has been banned version livestock in India in 2006 , but the big problem is the human version of the drug illegally given to livestock , " he told the BBC's environment correspondent , Mark Kinver .

"Therefore , this drug is still not out of the system and can still be found in the pharmaceutical and chemical stores . "

Researchers say that eating cattle carcasses of birds that will die of kidney failure within a few days or lose the ability to berreproduksi .

To avoid extinction , SAVE assign a number proiritas , including building a " safe zone " for the vultures to be released from the conservation center .

In the area of ​​100 kilometers in Nepal , Pakistan and Bangladesh , the people to the lowest level are asked not to use diclofenac .BBC