- BNHS has been a leading organization in vulture conservation efforts in India. - They have identified specific regions as Vulture Safe Zones (VSZs), typically spanning a 100 km radius, where the use of the veterinary drug diclofenac (toxic to vultures) and other harmful substances is actively monitored and discouraged. - The Bundelkhand region is one of the areas where BNHS has implemented its VSZ program due to the presence of vulture populations.
In an effort to protect critically-endangered vultures from being extinct, Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has decided to set up Vulture Safe Zone (VSZ) in
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