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Mission vultures
October 25 , 2022
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- Tamil Nadu recently launched mission to save critically endangered vultures.
- State level committee, which has a two-year tenure, will take steps for monitoring the conservation and recovery of existing vulture sites and mapping of vulture populations across the State for creating safe zones.
- It will work to eliminate the use of toxic veterinary drugs (Diclofenac), the main reason for vulture fatalities.
- Prevention of poisoning of cattle carcasses, the principal food of vultures, is also one of the responsibilities of the newly formed committee.
- 9 species of vultures are found in India.
- Of these nine species, 4 are listed as Critically Endangered species of Vultures and one as endangered species in IUCN red list.
- Four species of vultures are found in Tamil Nadu.
- The Oriental white-backed vulture,
- The long-billed vulture,
- The red-headed vulture, and
- The Egyptian vulture.
- The first three are residents and can be found in the landscapes of the Nilgiris and Sathyamangalam.
- There is evidence of Egyptian vulture breeding only at one site in Dharmapuri.
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