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The population of the white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis) fell 99.7% between 1993 and 2002. The populations of the Indian vulture (Gyps indicus) and the slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris) fell 97.4%.
The Indian vulture is a keystone species that has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2002, as the population has severely declined during the Indian vulture crisis. It is estimated that there are 5,000-15,000 mature individuals in the wild.
Vultures are scavengers with a high tolerance for the pathogens found in their primary meal of rotting animal carcasses. [12] Out of the 40 million vultures in India in 1993, [13] 99.9% of slender-billed vultures and 97% white-backed vultures had disappeared from their primary habitat by 2007.
The population of this species and the Indian vulture declined by 97% overall and in India annual decline rates for both species averaged over 16% between 2000–2007. As the slender-billed vulture has also recently been identified as its own species, there is a struggle to correctly identify the correct vulture to include in the recorded ...
This gaudy-faced vulture was historically abundant, range widely across the Indian subcontinent, and also eastwards to south-central and south-eastern Asia, extending from India to Singapore. Today the range of the red-headed vulture is localized primarily to northern India. It is usually in open country and in cultivated and semi-desert areas.
Around 12,000 years ago, they also lived in Borneo. Today, you can only find Javan rhinos in one place on Earth, the Ujung Kulon National Park in Indonesia. ... There was a population living in ...
Ramadevarabetta Vulture Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary in Karnataka India, aimed for the protection of vultures. Established in 2012, it is the first Vulture Sanctuary in India. Of the nine vulture species found in India, three species, long-billed, Egyptian and white-backed vultures are found here. In 2018, Indian government tagged an area of 1 ...
It’s illegal to sell or buy, but casu marzu, a maggot-infested sheep milk cheese is a revered delicacy on the Italian island of Sardinia. Locals hope their unusual dairy product can shed its ...