Raipur. The team of forest officials and doctors of Nandanvan Jungle Safari located near the capital Raipur has succeeded in saving the life of a sick white-tailed vulture of an extinct species. This sick vulture had recently reached Bagbahra in Mahasamund forest area of Chhattisgarh state after flying about 500 kilometers. After the rescue of this sick vulture, the forest doctors and forest officials of Nandanvan Jungle Safari rescued and treated this vulture with great care. Constant monitoring was kept on its health, due to which within a few days this vulture became healthy and in normal condition. The Jungle Safari team has released this vulture to fly again.
Chief Minister Shri Vishnu Dev Sai and Forest Minister Shri Kedar Kashyap have appreciated the rescue work of the sick vulture by the officials of Nandanvan Jungle Safari. He congratulated and congratulated the team of officials engaged in the rescue operation and treatment of the vulture. The Chief Minister said that the efforts made by the Chhattisgarh authorities to save this endangered vulture species cannot be appreciated enough.
It is noteworthy that the White Rumped Vulture is an endangered species. At present the number of this species is 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 pace of increase in their numbers is slow. These vultures are found only in those areas where biodiversity is rich and the impact of pollution or industrialization is less. Continuous efforts are being made for the conservation and promotion of this species of vulture.
In this series, to monitor and conserve the White Rumped Vulture in India, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) and Tadoba Andheri Tiger Reserve, in a special initiative, released 10 white-tailed vultures together with a geo-tracking device into the forest. One of the vultures had reached Mahasamund forest area Bagbahra from Kanker district via Indravati Tiger Reserve of Chhattisgarh while flying in the state of Maharashtra. The objective of the 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 enhance their habitat. One of those 10 vultures had reached the Mahasamund forest area after flying about 500 kilometers in 20 days. The monitoring team of Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) with the help of geo-tracking equipment found out that this vulture was staying at one place in Bagbahra 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 safely rescued the vulture from Bagbahra area and brought it to Nandanvan Jungle Safari on 26th August. Here, under the supervision of doctors, the vulture was given proper treatment and nutrition, due to which it started becoming healthy. Within a few days, the vulture completely recovered and its activity returned.
Director of Nandanvan Jungle Safari, Mr. Dhammasheel Ganveer said that on the basis of 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 traveled a distance of more than 1100 kilometers from here. While deciding, it has reached Surat area of Gujarat state. The location of this vulture is being tracked by BNHS.