No consensus on vulture census, conservation
Vulture conservation in India is in a state of flux. The only point that researchers agree on is that it is absolutely vital but there is no consensus on how to go about it. There is a dispute regarding vulture censuses, the causes for their decline and even the measures needed to solve the problem of the bird's relentless progress towards extinction.
Number game The role of vultures as scavengers is vital. According to the Bombay Natural History Society (bnhs), which runs the Conservation Breeding Centre at Pinjore, Haryana, there has been a sharp decline in the number of vultures. The sudden decline started in the 1990s, according to bnhs, which estimates that the two predominant species, Gyps indicus and Gyps tenuirostris, has seen a decline of about 99.7 per cent and 97.4 per cent between 1992 and 2003.The actual population of vultures, however, is debated and the method to track them