A vulture was rescued from a village forest by members of the Sureipal Van Suraksha Samiti (VSS) and volunteers of Nature Environment and Wildlife Society (NEWS). It was a juvenile of Himalayan griffon vulture.
The villagers sighted the vulture in a forest which comes under Gandamala beat of the Kaniha Forest Range of Angul Forest Division.
The vulture has injuries, thereby suffering difficulty in movement. The villagers handed the vulture over to the Forester Padma Charan Swain of the Rengali Forest Section.
DFO Godabarish Panda sent the vulture to the Nandankanan Zoo for necessary veterinary care. The species is protected under Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and categorised as ‘Near Threatened’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).