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A radio-tagged White-rumped vulture, which had been released successful the Mudumalai-Bandipur portion successful April this year, was captured connected Wednesday (June 3, 2026) aft it was recovered adjacent a quality colony successful Kalhatti connected the fringes of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR).
The captive-bred vulture from the Tadoba-Andheri Tiger Reserve successful Maharashtra was released successful 2025 and had made its mode to Kalaburagi successful Karnataka, wherever it was captured and treated aft it was recovered to beryllium unwell.
Following this, it was released successful the Mudumalai-Bandipur analyzable successful the hopes that it would subordinate with different White-rumped vultures successful the region. However, the vertebrate was erstwhile again recovered to beryllium successful mediocre wellness and was not associating with different vultures. Over the past 2 days, it had perched itself overlooking the Kalhatti ghat, prompting the Forest section to measurement successful and seizure it.
Speaking to The Hindu, R. Vidhyadhar, Deputy Director of MTR (Buffer Zone), said that the vertebrate had been moving astir antithetic habitats implicit the past fewer weeks, including Gudalur, but not feeding connected carcasses with different vultures. “We are readying to constitute to the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), which released the vulture, arsenic to what steps tin beryllium taken,” said Mr. Vidhyadhar.
Field Director of MTR R. Kiruba Shankar said that the Forest section volition behaviour a cheque connected the vulture and efforts would beryllium made to merchandise it wrong MTR erstwhile again. “It has been exploring the region, which is simply a promising sign, and we volition effort to assistance it acclimatise and accommodate arsenic overmuch arsenic possible,” helium said.
