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Asian King Vulture Conservation Center
September 15 , 2024
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- India’s first conservation and breeding centre for the Asian King Vultures was inaugurated in Gorakhpur Forest division.
- The facility is named as Jatayu Conservation and Breeding Centre.
- It aims to improve the population of the species, which has been listed as critically endangered in the IUCN red list since 2007.
- Six vultures (male and female) have been introduced to the facility.
- According to the action plan, the goal is to release 40 pairs of vultures from the centre over the next 8 to 10 years.
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