Vulture restaurant in Pathankot on the brink of closure

The number of vultures is on the decline and, with the objective of improving its numbers, vulture restaurants had been set up in three villages of Pathankot. These restaurants cater to only vultures and in the absence of funding, these are on the brink of closure.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 2 March 2016.

This is a news from the village of Chandola in Pathankot district - shortage of funds is forcing the last of the 'vulture restaurant' and this will be a major setback in attempts to conserve the endangered species whose population is constantly on the decline. This is attributed with the fact that they feed on carcasses of animals that are injected with diclofenac.
Hence, forest rangers in Punjab had to be on the lookout for any dead animal or cattle that was not treated with diclofenac and arrange to shift the carcasses to the vulture restaurants. The transporters charge Rs 1000 for every carcass and the department does not have adequate funds.
There are three such spots at Kathlore, Chandola and Chamraur to feed vultures and Chandola attracted sizable number of birds from nearby Himachal Pradesh too. Sometimes there are more number of carcass and at the rate of Rs 1000 for each, it becomes a major problem.


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