Jatayu Conservation and Breeding Centre

Jatayu Conservation and Breeding Centre

Subject – Environment

Context –

Concept –

• The Jatayu and Sparrow Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore (JCBC), is world’s largest facility within BirShikargah Wildlife Sanctuary for the breeding and conservation of Indian vultures and House sparrow in the State of Haryana, India, in Panchkula district in the town of Pinjore.
• It is run by the Forests Department, Haryana and Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) with the help of British charity Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).

Species at JCBC

JCBC houses the following four species, three critically endangered (CR) species and one threatened species for breeding and conservation at the centre:

• Critically Endangered species
  • Indian vulture, scientific name: Gyps indicus, formerly knows as the long-billed vulture.
  • Slender-billed vultures, scientific name: Gyps tenuirostris, formerly called long billed vultures, 97% have been wiped out by the diclofenac.
  • White-rumped vulture, scientific name: Gyps bengalensis, formerly knows as the Oriental White-Backed vulture, 99.9% have been wiped out by the diclofenac.
• Threatened species
  • Himalayan vulture, scientific name: Gyps himalayensis.

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