After Diclofenac-like painkillers, nimesulide drug is becoming a major scourge for white-rumped vultures in the country, threatening to wipe out the critically endangered birds which are ...

As of 2021, the global population of mature white-rumped vultures was estimated at fewer than 6,000. Their resurgence in this pocket of the Terai is seen as a promising sign of revival.

Samson’s research has also shown that 46 white-rumped vultures died between 2013 and 2017. “Of them, autopsies could be performed on the carcasses of only eight individuals.

CHENNAI: In a tragic incident, a one-year-old juvenile White-Rumped Vulture, a critically endangered species listed on the IUCN Red List, was electrocuted near Thirumayam in Pudukkottai district ...