Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore

Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore
जटायु गिध संरक्षण एवं प्रजनन केँद्र
Endangered Bird Breeding Centre

Indian vulture in Flight
Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore
Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore

Location in Haryana, India

Coordinates: 30°46′7″N 76°57′19″E / 30.76861°N 76.95528°E / 30.76861; 76.95528Coordinates: 30°46′7″N 76°57′19″E / 30.76861°N 76.95528°E / 30.76861; 76.95528
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
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

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]

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References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2013). "Gyps indicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Haryana Forest Department". Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  3. ↑ http://haryanaforest.gov.in/JCBC.aspx
  4. ↑ "Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore". Haryana Forest Department. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
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