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Oriental White-backed VultureArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml-list.html
Asian vultures disappearing quicker than dodos - Apr 30, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukBy Paul Eccleston. Three species of Asian vultures are disappearing quicker than the dodo and could become extinct within 10 years. ... Asian vultures declining faster than the dodo - May 15, 2009 The GuardianThe researchers wrote: "The oriental white-backed vulture is now in dire straits with only one thousandth of the 1992 population remaining. ... Abode of the vulture - Apr 10, 2005 FrontlineFor some of us it was for the first time that we were looking at a wild oriental white backed vulture. More visual treats were in store. ... The Peninsula On-line: Qatar's leading English Daily - Feb 23, 2007 Peninsula On-lineNEW DELHI • Two chicks born in captivity as part of an effort to save a rare vulture species in India have died, a scientist associated with the breeding ... Indian government to act over drug killing millions of vultures - Aug 21, 2008 Telegraph.co.ukBy Paul Eccleston. The Indian government has ordered tighter restrictions on the sale of a drug which has killed millions of vultures. ... Bird-safe Rx: alternative drug won't kill India's vultures.(This Week) - Feb 4, 2006 $4.95 - Science News - ECNextAn international research team says that it has found a substitute for the livestock drug that has accidentally poisoned most of the vultures of India and ... Vulture species threatened - Jan 12, 2006 News24...the Oriental white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis), the long-billed vulture (Gyps indicus) and the slender-billed vulture (Gyps tenuirostris), ... DEAD AS A DODO? | Article from The Independent - London | HighBeam … - Apr 30, 2008 Pay-Per-View - Independent - London - HighBeam ResearchDEAD AS A DODO? ... find The Independent - London articles. WHY SCIENTISTS FEAR FOR THE FUTURE OF THE ASIAN VULTURE Endangered animals You have to feel ... Chick success for Asian vultures - Jan 8, 2007 BBC NewsConservationists are celebrating the arrival of the first oriental white-backed vulture chick to be born in captivity in India. ... Farm drug killing vultures - Jan 24, 2006 Malaysia StarDiclofenac, a farm drug that has driven three species of South Asian vultures to the brink of extinction, could also decimate vultures in Eurasia and Africa ... Asian Vultures Declining Faster Than the Dodo - Apr 29, 2008 BuzzleAsian vultures are declining faster than any bird in history, including the dodo, and could become extinct within a decade, conservationists said yesterday. ... Hope for Indian vultures as chick is bred in captivity - Jan 11, 2007 Wildlife ExtraNine species of vultures are found on the Indian subcontinent, of which, the white-backed vulture Gyps bengalensis, long-billed vulture Gyps indicus and ... Article: WALES: SPECTACULAR SCAVENGER.(News) - Daily Post ( … - Aug 28, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Daily Post - HighBeam ResearchWALES: SPECTACULAR SCAVENGER.(News) ... find Daily Post (Liverpool, England) articles. The long-billed vulture breeds on crags or in trees in mountains in ... Boost for endangered vultures after captive breeding success - May 29, 2009 The GuardianOne of the world's most threatened birds has been successfully bred in captivity for the first time, conservationists said today. ... Drug swap urged to save vultures - Jan 30, 2006 BBC NewsBy Roland Pease. Wildlife experts are urging the Indian government to ban a widely used veterinary drug in order to save vultures from extinction. ... Scientists formulate Indian vulture rescue plan - Jan 31, 2006 RegisterBy Lester Haines • Get more from this author. Scientists have found a solution to the vulture crisis in India where large numbers of the birds are being ... Article: First chick born in captivity raises hopes for survival of... - Jan 9, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Independent - London - HighBeam ResearchFirst chick born in captivity raises hopes for survival of Asian vultures ; WORLD ... find The Independent - London articles. Conservationists in India are ... Asian vultures may face extinction in India, study warns - May 4, 2008 Sydney Morning HeraldAsian vultures may face extinction in India unless a farm drug responsible for their large-scale decimation is banned outright, according to a report Sunday ... KEEPING VULTURES ALIVE - Mar 28, 2005 The HinduAS A BIRD that is synonymous with death in the popular imagination, the vulture is an improbable candidate for a widely supported conservation campaign. ... A Restaurant for Vultures. Literally - Aug 15, 2009 TIMEBy Sophia Yan Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009. For the small number of vulture lovers the world over, good news comes this summer from Sindh, Pakistan. ... Slow flight from death row - May 1, 2005 Indian ExpressTrends from 2000-2003 indicate a 22-50 per cent annual decline for the oriental white-backed vulture and long-billed vulture, says Nita Shah, ... Print news - IPS Inter Press Service - Jan 30, 2010 Inter Press ServiceKATHMANDU, Jan 22 (IPS) - Dhan Bahadur Chaudhary, an ornithologist, grew up with vultures in his native Nawalparasi in western Nepal. ... India in effort to save vultures - Mar 22, 2005 BBC NewsThe veterinary drug blamed for killing South Asia's vultures has been banned by the Indian government. Conservationists say that the population of three ... Slim chance of a future for the slender-billed vulture - Aug 6, 2009 ScotsmanBy Emily Beament. ONE of the world's most vulnerable birds has been successfully bred in captivity for the first time, providing a "huge boost" to efforts ... Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - Jan 13, 2010 Daily TimesLAHORE: Oriental white-backed vulture, Himalayan birds and falcons are facing extinction across the country because of the use of pesticides, ... South Asia: Photos of the year - Dec 29, 2008 BBC NewsAn Indian farmer walks through a field of sunflowers at an agriculture fair in Bangalore. Children in Kabul pursue a kite as they celebrate the Afghan New ... Vultures on the Brink of Extinction - Jan 18, 2006 ABC NewsBy AMANDA ONION. They swoop down in flocks and can consume an entire dead cow in a matter of minutes. It's no wonder vultures don't always have the best ... Asian vulture populations are being felled at an alarming rate by... - Feb 2, 2005 San Diego Union - Tribune - San Diego Union TribuneBy Richard A. Lovett. When the first Europeans arrived in America, one of the most numerous birds was the passenger pigeon, which, as recently as the ... Article: Vulture Chick Born in Captivity in India - AP Online |... - Jan 8, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam ResearchVulture Chick Born in Captivity in India ... find AP Online articles. MUMBAI, India - The oriental white-backed vulture, endangered across South Asia by ... Day in pictures - Sep 23, 2008 BBC NewsDesigners have been showing off their latest ready-to-wear creations for women at Milan's fashion week. This missile is part of a military exhibition in ... Saving vultures from diclofenac - Feb 23, 2006 The HinduVultures are unprepossessing birds. In fact, as harbingers of death that ghoulishly wait for animals to breathe their last and gorge themselves on the ... Vulture Chick Born in Captivity in India | Article from AP Online | … - Jan 8, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam ResearchVulture Chick Born in Captivity in India ... find AP Online articles. MUMBAI, India - The oriental white-backed vulture, endangered across South Asia by ... Drug use blamed as vulture population crashes 99% in India and … - Sep 9, 2008 Mongabay.comCaptive breeding programs are not large enough to ensure the oriental white-rumped vulture's survival, reports a new study in Biological Conservation. ... Article: Baby Vulture Born in Captivity in India - AP Online |... - Jan 8, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam ResearchBaby Vulture Born in Captivity in India ... find AP Online articles. MUMBAI, India - One of the world's most endangered birds, the oriental white-backed ... SignOnSanDiego.com > The San Diego Union-Tribune - Feb 2, 2005 San Diego Union - Tribune - San Diego Union TribuneScientists believe three species of vultures on the Indian subcontinent, including the Oriental white-backed vulture (above), will likely become extinct in ... Article: Vulture Chick Born in Captivity in India - AP Online |... - Jan 8, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Associated Press/AP Online - HighBeam ResearchVulture Chick Born in Captivity in India ... find AP Online articles. MUMBAI, India - The oriental white-backed vulture, endangered across South Asia by ... Politics hampering efforts to save Asian vulture - Sep 6, 2008 Daily News & AnalysisWASHINGTON: Political barriers in India and Pakistan are hampering efforts to save the critically endangered Asian vulture from extinction, whose numbers ... Flu cases hit record high - Jan 9, 2007 South African Star - The South African StarBeijing - Cold and flu sufferers in China's freezing capital have hit record highs in many hospitals this winter, Xinhua news agency said yesterday, ... Decline of Asian vulture tied to livestock drug - Sep 22, 2008 MLive.comA former University of Michigan professor is sounding the alarm on the decline of the oriental white-backed vulture, an impressive bird with a 7-foot ... Article: Vultures.(News) - Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | HighBeam … - Jan 10, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Western Mail - HighBeam ResearchVultures.(News) ... find Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) articles. Byline: By Amanda Brown They are giants of the sky and one of the world's most threatened ... Decline of Asian vulture tied to livestock drug, former University of... - Sep 24, 2008 MLive.comBy anash. A former University of Michigan professor is sounding the alarm on the decline of the oriental white-backed vulture, an impressive bird with a ... Elusive bird rediscovered after 140 years - Apr 13, 2007 Independent OnlineNew Delhi - A rare wetland bird - not reported seen in India for 140 years - has been spotted near the eastern city of Calcutta, giving bird watchers and ... Article: Battle to ban drug killing off vultures.(News) - Birmingham... - Feb 2, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Birmingham Mail - HighBeam ResearchBattle to ban drug killing off vultures.(News) ... find Birmingham Mail (England) articles. WILDLIFE campaigners hope that a drug blamed for the deaths of ... Vulture's epic trip - Sep 23, 2006 South African Star - The South African StarWith neither an air ticket nor a CITES permit for his journey, an avian ambassador from the De Wildt Vulture Unit in the Magaliesberg, made an epic trek ... Factiva Search - Oct 21, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Newsquest Media Group Newspapers - Factiva, from Dow JonesMeeting: The oriental white backed vulture (left) meets his new partner in his new home. Picture: Hannah Powell STAFF ... © Copyright 2005 Newsquest Digital ... Article: World datelines - Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | HighBeam … - Jan 9, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Deseret News - HighBeam ResearchMUMBAI -- The oriental white-backed vulture, endangered across South Asia by eating tainted meat, has been bred in captivity for the first time in India, ... More good news for nature's waste managers - Aug 2, 2006 Environmental Data InteractiveAsian vultures faced with a plummeting population after eating animals treated with a toxic veterinary drug have been thrown a lifeline in Nepal. ... Author: Compiled from Deseret Morning News wire services - Jan 9, 2007 $2.95 - Deseret News - NewsBankMUMBAI -- The oriental white-backed vulture, endangered across South Asia by eating tainted meat, has been bred in captivity for the first time in India, ... Recovery Efforts Not Enough for Critically Endangered Asian Vulture - Sep 5, 2008 newswise.comNewswise — Captive breeding colonies of a critically endangered vulture, whose numbers in the wild have dwindled from tens of millions to a few thousand, ... India moves to protect vultures.(Environment)(Brief article) |... - Sep 8, 2008 Pay-Per-View - Chemistry and Industry - HighBeam ResearchIndia moves to protect vultures.(Environment)(Brief article) ... find Chemistry and Industry articles. The Indian government has ordered a crackdown on the ... Nestlings for threatened Asian vultures - 06 Aug 2009 InTheNews.co.ukThe Oriental white-backed vulture is dropping in population by more than 40 per cent a year in India- one of the fastest recorded rates of decline for any Special Report - Jul 20, 2009 OrganiserStatistics reveal that India has nine species of vultures in the wild including the oriental white-backed vulture, long-billed vulture, slender-billed The natural scavengers on the brink of extinction - Feb 12, 2009 HimVani,These are the Oriental White-backed Vulture (Gyps bengalensis), Slender billed Vulture (Gyps tenuirostris), Long billed Vulture (Gyps indicus), Of vultures in a genetic bottleneck - Nov 3, 2008 Deccan Herald,The oriental white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis), classified critically endangered by the IUCN, may soon lose its genetic diversity unless immediate Decline of Asian vulture tied to livestock drug, former University ... - Sep 24, 2008 MLive.com,...by The Ann Arbor News A former University of Michigan professor is sounding the alarm on the decline of the oriental white-backed vulture, an impressive Recovery Efforts Not Enough For Critically Endangered Asian Vulture - Sep 5, 2008 Science Daily (press release)With a seven-foot wingspan, the oriental white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis) was an awesome presence in south Asia until the mid-1990s, when populations Endangered vulture closer to extinction - Sep 9, 2008 United Press InternationalWith a seven-foot wingspan, the oriental white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis) was an awesome presence in south Asia until the mid-1990s, when populations Researchers Raise Awareness Of South Asian Vulture Before It Goes ... - Sep 8, 2008 AHNThe oriental white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis) is an impressive bird with a seven-foot wingspan. It was common in the south Asia until the mid-1990s, Vulture's epic trip Sep 29, 2006 ...the answers to the detrimental effects of diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug responsible for the recent decimation of the Asian Oriental white-backed vulture ... - Independent Online, World in Brief Sep 29, 2006 Connor). Biologists are to inseminate artificially the Oriental white-backed vulture at the Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad. ... - Times Online, Farm drug killing vultures Jan 23, 2006 ...these two species are “at least as sensitiveâ€? to diclofenac residues as the three Asian vulture species, the Oriental white-backed vulture (Gyps bengalensis ... Malaysia Star, Drug Used in Cattle Is Killing Off One of Nature's Toughest Birds Jan 18, 2006 So far, three species of vultures have been severely affected — the long-billed vulture, the slender-billed vulture and the oriental white-backed vulture. ... 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