2010 News Summary

31st December 2010

•Nepal raises vulture awareness and destroys over 1500 vials and 13,000 diclofenac tablets.

•Vulture programme secures further funding from UK Government’s Darwin Initiative.

•Strategy for vulture safe havens agreed for India.

•Nepal publishes a five year vulture conservation action plan.

•India takes on law-breaking pharmaceutical manufactures with prosecutions of diclofenac company.

•Review study on role of diclofenac published in Indian Journal of Veterinary Medicine.

•Article on India’s captive breeding programme published.