Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore
| Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore जटायु गिध संरक्षण एवं प्रजनन केँद्र | |
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| Endangered Bird Breeding Centre | |
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Indian vulture in Flight | |
  Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore Location in Haryana, India | |
| Coordinates: 30°46′7″N 76°57′19″E / 30.76861°N 76.95528°ECoordinates: 30°46′7″N 76°57′19″E / 30.76861°N 76.95528°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Hisar |
| Founded by | then Chief Minister of Harayana Om Prakash Chautala |
| Named for | former Chief Minister of Harayana Chaudhari Devi Lal |
| Government | |
| • Type | Government of Haryana |
| • Body | Forests Department, Haryana |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Website | www.haryanaforest.gov.in |
| Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore | |
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| Indian vulture | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Gyps |
| Species: | G. indicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Gyps indicus (Scopoli, 1786) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gyps indicus indicus | |
The Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore (JCBC), (Hindi: जटायु गिध संरक्षण एवं प्रजनन केँद्र) is a facility within Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary for the breeding and conservation of Indian vultures (गिध) in the State of Haryana, India, in Panchkula district in the town of Pinjore.[2][3]
Location
It is located within the Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary, which is 8 km away from Pinjore on Pinjor-Mallah Road.[2] If is 10 km from Kalka, 20 km from Panchkula, 30 km from Chandigarh, 20 km from Morni Hill station.
History
The facility, established in 2001, is a joint project of the state forestry department and the Bombay Natural History Society. It covers 5 acres (2.0 ha), and its focus is the conservation, study, and breeding of three species of vultures threatened with extinction. The Centre's research confirmed the discovery that the use of the drug diclofenac in cattle was a critical factor in the decline of vulture populations. The Government of India banned the veterinary use of the drug in 2008 as a result of research done at the Centre.[4]
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gyps indicus. |
- Conserving Asia's critically endangered vultures
- Vulture Territory Facts and Characteristics: Long Billed Griffon
- "Saving Asia's Vultures from Extinction" Consortium
Images
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At nest (Orchha, India)
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Indian vulture
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Indian vulture chased by Black Kite
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Courtship between two Indian vultures
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Indian vulture in Flight
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Vulture in flight
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2013). "Gyps indicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- 1 2 "Haryana Forest Department". Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ↑ http://haryanaforest.gov.in/JCBC.aspx
- ↑ "Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore". Haryana Forest Department. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
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