The life of a sick white-tailed vulture was saved by rescuing it from the Bagbahara forest

The team of forest officials and doctors of Nandanvan Jungle Safari located near the capital Raipur has been successful in saving the life of a sick white-tailed vulture of extinct species by rescuing it. This sick vulture had flown about 500 km and reached Bagbahara in Mahasamund forest area of ​​Chhattisgarh state a few days ago. After the rescue of this sick vulture, the wildlife doctors and forest officials of Nandanvan Jungle Safari rescued and treated this vulture with great care. Its health was constantly monitored, due to which this vulture became healthy and normal in a few days. The team of Jungle Safari has released this vulture to fly again.

Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai and Forest Minister Shri Kedar Kashyap have praised the rescue operation of the sick vulture by the officials of Nandanvan Jungle Safari. He congratulated and wished the team of officials involved in the rescue operation and treatment of the vulture. The Chief Minister said that the efforts made by the officials of Chhattisgarh to save this endangered species of vulture cannot be appreciated enough.     

It is worth noting that the White Rumped Vulture is an endangered species. At present, the number of this species has reduced to less than 13 thousand in the country. These vultures make nests on big trees and lay only one egg in a year, due to which the rate of increase in their number is slow. These vultures are found only in those areas where biodiversity is rich and the effect of pollution or industrialization is less. Continuous efforts are being made to conserve and promote this species of vulture.

In this regard, for monitoring and conservation of White Rumped Vulture in India, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) and Tadoba Andheri Tiger Reserve took a special initiative and released 10 white tailed vultures together with geo-tracking equipment in the forest, out of which one vulture flew in Maharashtra state and reached Mahasamund forest area Bagbahara from Kanker district via Indravati Tiger Reserve of Chhattisgarh. The objective of Natural History Society (BNHS) and Tadoba Andheri Tiger Reserve in releasing the vultures was to study their migration routes as well as to conserve and promote them by keeping them safe in their natural habitat. One of those 10 vultures had come to Mahasamund forest area after flying about 500 kilometers in 20 days. With the help of geo-tracking equipment, the monitoring team of Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) came to know that this vulture has stayed at the same place in Bagbahara forest for a long time. Seeing this situation, he contacted the officials of Nandanvan Jungle Safari Raipur and informed them about the entire situation.

The team of wildlife doctors and forest officials of Nandanvan Jungle Safari took immediate action and rescued the vulture safely from the Bagbahara area and brought it to Nandanvan Jungle Safari on August 26. Here, under the supervision of doctors, the vulture was given proper treatment and nutrition, due to which it started recovering. Within a few days, the vulture became completely healthy and regained its activity.

Director of Nandanvan Jungle Safari, Shri Dhammasheel Ganvir said that on the advice of wildlife doctors from Nandanvan Jungle Safari, the vulture was released again in its natural habitat on 26 September 2024, after which this vulture has reached Surat area of ​​​​Gujarat state, covering a distance of more than 1100 kilometers from here. The location of this vulture is being tracked by BNHS.