Master Planning of Zoos - Central Zoo Authority

Conservation Breeding of Vultures
§ White-backed vultures
(Gyps bengalensis)
§ Slender billed vultures
(Gyps tenuirostris)
§ Long-billed vultures
(Gyps indicus)
Proceedings of
Training Programme
Master Planning
of Zoos
Suggested Action Plan for Conservation of Vultures
§ It was felt that for the reversal of the decline of vulture population, ex-situ
conservation (captive breeding) programmes in the region required
immediately The Central Zoo Authority announced to provide financial
assistance on 100% ‘basis for the establishment of vulture conservation
breeding centres in the off exhibit areas of four zoos of the country (Van
Vihar Zoo at Bhopal; Sakkaurbagh Zoo, Junagdh; Nadankanan Biological
Park, Bhubaneshwar and Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderbad).
§ The Vulture Breeding Centre being established at Pinjore, Haryana shall be
collecting and raising nestling of vultures.
Laboratory for Conservation of Endangered Species
(LaCONES) established at Hyderabad in collaboration with the Centre for
Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad; Central Zoo Authority; Department
of Forests, Government of Andhra Pradesh; Department of Bio-technology,
Government of India and Council of Scientific & Industrial Research.
§ Germ Plasm of Gyps species is being cryo-preserved at the facility being
established by Central Zoo Authority in association of Centre for Cellular and
Molecular Biology at Hyderabad - (LaCONES)
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