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HIMALAYAN VULTURES BRED IN CAPTIVITY

Captive breeding of birds and  animals in zoos is a regular exercise to increase the number of certain species and prevent extinction of some. But captive breeding of Himalayan vultures in the Guwahati Zoo was news for more than one reason. This is for the first time in India and second in the world the rare bird was bred in captivity. Secondly, the large old world bird dwells and breeds in snow in the Himalayas. For it to live and breed…