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Asian King Vulture conservation and breeding center
April 16 , 2023
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- The world’s first conservation and breeding centre for the Asian king vulture is set to open in Uttar Pradesh’s Maharajganj district.
- The centre was named as Jatayu Conservation and Breeding Centre (JCBC).
- It is a 15-year project which aims to raise at least 40 vultures.
- It is aimed is to maintain a sustainable population of the species by breeding king vultures in captivity and releasing them into the wild.
- The red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus) is localized primarily to northern India.
- In 2004, the species was up listed to ‘near threatened’ from ‘least concern’ by the IUCN.
- In 2007, it was up listed to ‘critically endangered’ in the IUCN Red List.
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