❖ A study on the awareness of vulture conservation across the species’ key habitats in Mudumalai (MTR) and Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserves (STR) conducted recently.

❖ The communities living in the region have yet to fully realise “vulture-safe” practices in raising livestock and the importance of the birds to the region.

❖ Three of the four species – the white-rumped vulture, the long-billed vulture and the Asian king vulture, are resident to the landscape and are known to nest and breed within the two reserves.

❖ The Egyptian vulture is believed to be a migratory species.

❖ The availability of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) are harmful to vultures. 

❖ Other NSAIDs harmful to the vultures such as Ketoprofen, Aceclofenac and Nimesulide were still available in these veterinary pharmacies.