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Description: The vulture as a species is poised precariously on the edge of extinction, although there is still a chance they can be saved. Drug-related mortality has been the principal cause of wiping out almost all of India’s vulture population. Until a few decades ago, Indian white-backed vultures were the largest group of scavenging birds on the planet. Today, they have the distinction of being the species with the most rapid decline in population in recorded history. Vultures are big and slow-breeding birds with a lifespan of 40 to 45 years. They pair for life and start laying eggs when five to six years old, although only about half of them reach adulthood. Birds less than a year old were collected and it five to six years before actual breeding was started. There are nine species of vulture found all over India, although they are concentrated in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. The oriental white-backed vultures, long-billed vultures and slender-billed vultures – all of the Gyps genus – are the three most critically endangered species. Vultures play a critical role in keeping the countryside clean. Along with lesser scavengers such as jackals, hyenas, dogs, crows and kites, vultures play a key role in disposing of the carcasses of wild and domestic dead animals. Their sheer numbers ensured that no decaying carcasses remained long enough to spread diseases and contaminate the soil and water. #vulture_bird #vulture_in_india