The Melghat and Pench tiger reserves in Maharashtra have emerged as India’s most successful sites for the reintroduction of captive-bred vultures, recording encouraging survival rates. Akashvani correspondent reports that, according to the Bombay Natural History Society, or BNHS, 29 vultures released across the two reserves between December 2025 and January 2026 recorded survival rates of up to 78 per cent.

 

BNHS said the success demonstrates the viability of shifting bird release enclosures to prey-rich and inviolate tiger habitats. The results are a significant boost to ongoing efforts to conserve and restore India’s declining vulture populations. The encouraging survival rates offer hope that such conservation efforts will help revive vulture populations and ensure a stronger future for these important birds.