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SAVE Board recently approved the posting of the SAVE Opinion on Ex-Situ Safety-Net Populations of South Asian Gyps Vultures. The SAVE website now has an Opinions page where this item is published and we hope to add more items here in future. With releases taking place and growing numbers of facilities holding populations of these…

A new article published in the Cambodian Journal of Natural History reveals a mixed but precarious outlook for Cambodia’s three resident vulture species. While intensive conservation efforts, particularly supplementary feeding programs, have stabilised two species, the long-term survival of all three remains highly dependent on continued, costly support from conservation organisations. Three vulture species. Photo…

The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) recently organised two workshops, bringing together veterinarians, conservationists, and wildlife managers to strengthen capacities in saving India’s critically endangered vultures. Read more about these events below.  Veterinarians Lead Vulture Conservation at Pinjore A three-day workshop titled “A Veterinarian’s Role in Vulture Conservation” was held at Pinjore, Haryana, from 1st…

Tamil Nadu’s drug administration has carried out raids on pharmacies across the state and found banned drugs including nimesulide being sold for veterinary use. At least five pharmacies, two each from the Nilgiris and Coimbatore Districts and one from Tiruppur, were found selling nimesulide during the drug audit, and two of them already had their…

  17-21 February 2025 The 2025 SAVE Meeting was for the first time held in Cambodia. From 17 to 21 February, the meeting included a two-day meeting in Phnom Penh (led by NatureLife Cambodia) followed by a field visit to Siem Pang Wildlife Sanctuary (led by Rising Phoenix). The Phnom Penh meeting (17 to 18…

  SAVE partners have been busy planning two important meetings for 2025. The first is an in-person meeting of partners and associates due to take place on 17th and 18th February 2025 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. This is the first meeting we have held in South East Asia and we are all very excited to learn…

SAVE warmly welcomes the gazettement issued by the Drug Controller General of India of a national ban of veterinary nimesulide, a widely used drug demonstrated by multiple scientific studies to be highly toxic to vultures. This follows a recommendation issued a year earlier by the Drugs Technical Advisory Board of India (DTAB) see here. This…

300 birdwatchers, veterinarians and vulture experts gathered in Ahmedabad, for 27 presentations on the status and threats to vultures across India, hosted by the Bird Conservation Society of Gujarat (BCSG) on 29 September 2024. The call to action from the meeting has been hosted on the BCSG website here.  Guest of honour, Sri Nityanand Srivastav,…

Despite being a globally endangered species, there is limited monitoring and targeted conservation action for the Egyptian Vulture in Nepal and across South Asia. While there is over two decades of monitoring data for resident Gyps vulture species, such detailed information is lacking for the Egyptian Vulture. Of the six resident vulture species, five (White-rumped…

International Vulture Awareness Day (IVAD) 2024 highlighted the vital ecological role vultures play and raised awareness of the ongoing threats they face, including harmful veterinary drugs, poisoning and habitat loss. Conservationists, organisations, and communities worldwide united to emphasise the need for urgent action to protect these essential birds. SAVE partners actively promoted their work in…