Vulture restaurant seems to be the latest conservation buzzword to protect these critically endangered and ecologically important raptors. Taking cue from Pakistan and Nepal, at least three such restaurants have come up in the country in the States of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Punjab with another proposed in Madhya Pradesh. Such restaurants claim to be protected sites for these birds where they can be fed diclofenac free carcass. Ranger of Orchha Forest Range in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh, JP Rawat, who is looking into the proposal to set up a vulture restaurant in the State, said the Forest Department will ensure the animals offered to vultures were not been treated with the banned anti-inflammatory drug before they died.
“Only then the carcass will be transported to this vulture safe zone, which will come up in open forest land,” he said. He said that in order to prevent other animals from feasting on the food of the vultures at the proposed restaurant, forest officials will fence the area besides platforms on which carcasses will be served. The three vulture restaurants in the country are located at: Chitpur in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, Surat in Gujrat and third at Hoshiyarpur in Punjab. Diclofenac is an anti-inflammatory drug widely used for treating livestock. Consumption of such poisonous meat causes renal failure in vultures, leading to their death within three days. During the past 20 years, 99.9 per cent of Asia’s vultures have died primarily due to diclofenac poisoning.With their disappearance, carcasses of cattle, animals etc are piling up near human habitation threatening health and lives. India had banned the drug’s use in 2006, but it is still readily available and used by farmers, either out of habit or because they do not understand its ecological effects. Experts skeptical, say concept not practical. Explore here North Indian Restaurant in Bangalore .
New Delhi: Notwithstanding the enthusiasm of certain Forest Departments, vulture experts as Bibhu Prakash are not very optimistic on the conservation future of such an exercise. “Rather than the conservation aspect such areas would have more of tourism value of seeing many vultures at one place”. Further, the carcasses lying there may be free from diclofenac, but what if the vultures go and feed themselves somewhere else? he questioned. Similar doubts were expressed by Satya Prakash, vulture biologist and coordinator, Indian Bird Conservation Network, “such concepts are not practical in India”. The test to ensure that the carcass is diclofenac free is an expensive one and difficult to get conducted in the country. Besides, the ultimate purpose of their conservation is to release them in the wild, what happens to them then,” he asked. If we talk about Bangalore Restaurants then there are many best restaurants in koramangala which are providing the fine dining services and people love to eat food there.
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“Only then the carcass will be transported to this vulture safe zone, which will come up in open forest land,” he said. He said that in order to prevent other animals from feasting on the food of the vultures at the proposed restaurant, forest officials will fence the area besides platforms on which carcasses will be served. The three vulture restaurants in the country are located at: Chitpur in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, Surat in Gujrat and third at Hoshiyarpur in Punjab. Diclofenac is an anti-inflammatory drug widely used for treating livestock. Consumption of such poisonous meat causes renal failure in vultures, leading to their death within three days. During the past 20 years, 99.9 per cent of Asia’s vultures have died primarily due to diclofenac poisoning.With their disappearance, carcasses of cattle, animals etc are piling up near human habitation threatening health and lives. India had banned the drug’s use in 2006, but it is still readily available and used by farmers, either out of habit or because they do not understand its ecological effects. Experts skeptical, say concept not practical. Explore here North Indian Restaurant in Bangalore .
New Delhi: Notwithstanding the enthusiasm of certain Forest Departments, vulture experts as Bibhu Prakash are not very optimistic on the conservation future of such an exercise. “Rather than the conservation aspect such areas would have more of tourism value of seeing many vultures at one place”. Further, the carcasses lying there may be free from diclofenac, but what if the vultures go and feed themselves somewhere else? he questioned. Similar doubts were expressed by Satya Prakash, vulture biologist and coordinator, Indian Bird Conservation Network, “such concepts are not practical in India”. The test to ensure that the carcass is diclofenac free is an expensive one and difficult to get conducted in the country. Besides, the ultimate purpose of their conservation is to release them in the wild, what happens to them then,” he asked. If we talk about Bangalore Restaurants then there are many best restaurants in koramangala which are providing the fine dining services and people love to eat food there.
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