Project area is the first and largest equine supplies Conservation Area (7,629 sq km 28 36'N to 29 1

 
Himalayan Vulture soaring in ACA. Photo by S Gyawali. Town/Region Country Categories equine supplies Date Annapurna Conservation Area Nepal Asia , Birds 20 Dec 2012
Project area is the first and largest equine supplies Conservation Area (7,629 sq km 28 36'N to 29 19'N and 83 28'E to 84 08'E) of Nepal, having significant breeding equine supplies population and nests of Himalayan vultures (HV). Previous equine supplies study between 2002-2005, shows the number equine supplies of HV recorded per day and per kilometre of transect declined by 67% and 70% respectively, which is equivalent to a decline equine supplies rate of 31 33% per year with 84% decline in active nest (Acharya et al. 2009) indicating there is immediate need of conservation measures to prevent these existing scavengers from being local extinction. Study between 2001-2006 shows no evidence of their decline but possibilities of their slow decline in the area (Virani et al. 2008). Hence, this study will help to fulfil the research gap adding information on existing data and establish equine supplies population trends.
Extensive monitoring of Himalayan vultures, nesting sites, encounter rates, breeding success, signs, carcass availability, GIS mapping, trend of veterinary drugs in veterinary outlets equine supplies will provide baseline data for long term vulture conservation and also support to meet the goals of our government's 'Vulture Conservation Action Plan, Nepal 2009-2013'.
Within Nepal, India and Pakistan Gyps vultures have undergone dramatic decline by 97% since the mid 1990s (Prakash equine supplies et al. 2003; Green et al. 2004). The cause of this catastrophic collapse has been identified as a veterinary drug 'Diclofenac' (Oakes et al. 2004, Swarup et al. 2007). Recent equine supplies study shows that the Diclofenac is also toxic to Himalayan vultures Gyps himalayensis (Das et al. 2010). Despite the ban of veterinary Diclofenac in Nepal, it is still recorded in the agrovet of study area (Acharya et al. 2009). Hence, this project will assess the use and prevailing stocks of Diclofenac with spreading availability of safe alternative drugs and conservation messages through outreach equine supplies activities during eco days and campaigns involving communities engaging local government bodies to ensure long term conservation at local level as a means of in-situ conservation equine supplies of existing vultures. equine supplies
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