When Was the Project Vulture Started in India?

The Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre was established at Pinjore, Haryana in September 2001 by BNHS in collaboration with the Haryana Forest Department.

When was the project vulture started?

The first Conservation Breeding Programme for the three species of vultures was set up in 2004 at Pinjore. The Centre has been successful in breeding all the three critically endangered Gyps species of vultures, White-backed vulture, Long-billed vulture and Slender-billed vulture.

When was the vulture project started by the government of India?

The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) and Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) also established the Vulture Conservation Breeding Programme. A Vulture Care Centre (VCC) was set up at Pinjore, Haryana in 2001 to study the cause of deaths of vultures in India.