Vultures are becoming an endangered species that could become extinct unless their conservation through captive breeding is developed, reports Nadeem Saeed (Dawn Jan 31, 2003)
It was surprise for someone like me whose love affair with vultures had deep associations with Raja Gidh. Seemi Shah, Would I have done anything different than Qayyum did?
Anyone up for debate…
OSP President Emeritus and BZU associate professor Dr Aleem Ahmed Khan said the Toawala population of OWBVs was perhaps the largest in the world of the oriental vultures.
Toawala is village in Kabirwala and is situated near to River Chenab.
He said the people should have to realize the importance of vultures in keeping the environment clean otherwise if they disappeared once for all then dogs and jackals would be left as the only scavengers and this phenomenon could cause epidemic of rabies and anthrax in human beings.
Diclofenac, a veterinary drug, was responsible for the sad disappearance of Vultures.
Later, WWF - Pakistan survey in December 2006 revealed that only about 220 White-backed vultures were remaining in the Punjab Province. This ecologically important species was gradually moving towards extinction. Results show that Toawala in was the only white-backed vultures’ colony in Punjab with 100 breeding pairs.
BBC reported in April 2008 that Asian vultures could be extinct in the wild within 10 years unless a livestock drug blamed for their rapid demise is eliminated, scientists warn. A survey showed that the population of the oriental white-backed vulture had crashed by 99.9% since 1992.
Every day we read & hear about extinctions and peacefully sleep because we are safe.
I will be devastated if this species vanishes.
Universe carries the weight of many human vultures whose extinction is more urgent and much needed? Who are these human vultures?
It’s anybody’s guess?
It was surprise for someone like me whose love affair with vultures had deep associations with Raja Gidh. Seemi Shah, Would I have done anything different than Qayyum did?
Anyone up for debate…
OSP President Emeritus and BZU associate professor Dr Aleem Ahmed Khan said the Toawala population of OWBVs was perhaps the largest in the world of the oriental vultures.
Toawala is village in Kabirwala and is situated near to River Chenab.
He said the people should have to realize the importance of vultures in keeping the environment clean otherwise if they disappeared once for all then dogs and jackals would be left as the only scavengers and this phenomenon could cause epidemic of rabies and anthrax in human beings.
Diclofenac, a veterinary drug, was responsible for the sad disappearance of Vultures.
Later, WWF - Pakistan survey in December 2006 revealed that only about 220 White-backed vultures were remaining in the Punjab Province. This ecologically important species was gradually moving towards extinction. Results show that Toawala in was the only white-backed vultures’ colony in Punjab with 100 breeding pairs.
BBC reported in April 2008 that Asian vultures could be extinct in the wild within 10 years unless a livestock drug blamed for their rapid demise is eliminated, scientists warn. A survey showed that the population of the oriental white-backed vulture had crashed by 99.9% since 1992.
Every day we read & hear about extinctions and peacefully sleep because we are safe.
I will be devastated if this species vanishes.
Universe carries the weight of many human vultures whose extinction is more urgent and much needed? Who are these human vultures?
It’s anybody’s guess?
