CCTV camera monitors critically endangered vultures in Kaski
Summary
In Kaski's Pokhara Metropolitan City, a CCTV camera monitors the critically endangered slender-billed vulture nest in real time for the first time in Nepal, aiding conservation efforts and behavioral study.
Key Points
- A CCTV camera has been installed in Thuldhunga, Pokhara to monitor the critically endangered slender-billed vulture nest in real time.
- Conservationist Hemanta Dhakal has been monitoring the nest for four years and uses the technology to study vulture breeding and threats.
- The slender-billed vulture population in Nepal is critically low, with fewer than 75 individuals believed to remain.
- Community cooperation and support from organizations like the Pokhara Bird Society and the UK-based Rufford Foundation enabled the project.
