Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore

The Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre (VCBC) is a joint project of the Haryana
Forest & Wildlife Department and the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS). It
is a collaborative initiative to save the three species of vultures, the White-backed,
Long-billed and Slender-billed, from looming extinction. Subsequent to the release
of the South Asia Vulture Recovery Plan in February 2004, the VCC was adapted
and upgraded to being the first VCBC,
in line with a key recommendation of the
Recovery Plan to set up a conservation breeding programme for the three critically
endangered species of vultures. The centre sprawls over 5 acres of Haryana Forest
Department’s land at village Jodhpur. The Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre
(JCBC) is a joint project of the Haryana Forest & Wildlife Department and the
Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS).It is a collaborative initiative to save the
three species of vultures,
the White-backed, Long-billed and Slender-billed, from
looming extinction. The centre is located at village Jodhpur on the ed
ge of the Bir
Shikargaha Wildlife Sanctuary which is about 8 km off the National Highway-22
from Pinjore on Mallah Road. The centre is spread on a 5 acre land of Haryana
Forest & Wildlife Department. At present the centre houses a total 3
which includes
29 Vultures
62 White-backed Vultures, 204 Long-billed Vultures, 63 Slender-
billed Vultures. This is the largest collection of the three criti
cally endangered Gyps
species of vulture at one place anywhere in the world.

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