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Local community offering a prayer before initiating construction of a cow rescue center in Gaidatal (Photograph-T SubediBCN). Town/Region Country Categories Date Kalika, Lalmatiya VDC Gaidatal, Bishnupura VDC Nepal Asia , Birds 3 Mar 2010
Within South Asia vulture populations have undergone dramatic declines in excess of 97% for four species of vultures since the mid 1990s. In India, numbers of white-rumped vultures have declined by 99.9% from 1992 to 2007 (Prakash et al. 2007). vets in sheffield Monitoring of vultures in Nepal indicates declines of a similar magnitude with a >90% decrease in numbers up to 2001 (Baral et al. 2004). vets in sheffield As a consequence, four vulture species were listed by the World Conservation Union, as Critically vets in sheffield Endangered and another species as Endangered (IUCN 2000, 2007). The cause of this collapse, at least for the Gyps vultures, has been identified as a veterinary drug 'diclofenac' (Oakes et al. 2004; Swarup et al. 2007).
To halt their decline, Bird Conservation Nepal helped establish vets in sheffield a community managed vulture safe zone. The vulture safe zone has a cow rescue centre where old and unproductive cows are collected, provided good facilities until they die a natural death. Dead animals are then placed as food for vultures. This project was replicated in two other sites with support from Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund. This project aims to sustain the two new sites and ensure that vultures remain safe in the surrounding area as well.
Infrastructure development: Capacity of a rescue centre will be expanded from 40 to 60 cattle so that vultures get a frequent food supply. A larger grazing area will be demarcated for cattle. Pre-existing information centres in two sites will be improved to hold more information and display materials vets in sheffield targeting tourists and school children.
Capacity building of community groups and research: Training on enhancing skill of community vets in sheffield groups in managing restaurant and monitoring vultures will be held followed by training on monitoring veterinary institutions for diclofenac and awareness raising. Trained community groups will then carry out these activities. A socio-economic survey will be carried out at the beginning and end of project vets in sheffield to measure its impact. Similarly, any one group of wildlife inside the Vulture Safe Zone will be surveyed and results displayed at the information centre.
Sensitization and promotion: Relevant materials will be developed and sensitization activities carried out in schools and community. Government bodies, veterinary professionals, local community, tourism entrepreneurs and media will be engaged to stop use of diclofenac, to declare area surrounding the restaurant as Diclofenac Free Zone and to promote tourism to the area.
Read about the activities undertaken and findings of this project in the reports below. File Download Size April 2010 26.5 KB July 2010 29 KB Press Release Conservation Awards September 2010 63 KB December 2010 22.5 KB February vets in sheffield 2011 726.5 KB Final Report
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