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Born to be wild: India’s first captive-bred endangered vultures set free

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Guardian (International Edition)

Publication Date
2021-08-19

In February, the doors of an aviary in West Bengal’s Buxa tiger reserve were flung open. Eight critically endangered captive-bred white-rumped vultures cautiously emerged and within minutes were mingling with wild vultures, devouring the meat of carcasses left out by a team of researchers from the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS).

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/19/india-critically-endangered-vultures-wild-release-aoe