Vulture conservation centre reports 35 chicks bred and 87 birds supported for reintroduction
The Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre says it housed 356 vultures in 2025-26 and transferred 90 birds to other breeding institutions.
The Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre housed 356 vultures in 2025-26 and bred 35 chicks, according to figures presented at a national conservation workshop in Panchkula.
Officials also reported that the centre released or contributed 87 birds for reintroduction, transferred 90 birds to other breeding institutions and trained 1,222 participants from 22 institutions. The workshop emphasised safe veterinary practice, food availability and carcass management.
Why it matters
Vultures provide important scavenging services. Population recovery depends on successful breeding and release as well as removal of toxic veterinary-drug and food-chain risks.
SCULTRA point of view
Breeding counts should be linked to post-release survival, reproduction in the wild, genetic diversity, safe-zone coverage and enforcement against harmful veterinary drugs.
Limitations
The centre and ministry reported the figures. The release gives no independent audit, wild population trend, mortality rate, post-release survival or geographic coverage sufficient to establish national recovery.
Source: Press Information Bureau / Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, 6 September 2026, 10:49 IST.