The forest serves as a conservation and breeding centre for the critically endangered species of Asiatic vultures, Gyps bengalensis (white-rumped vultures). Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centre was established on 2008 in partnership of Department of National Park and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC), National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC) and Bird Conservation Nepal (BCN). A key aspect to conserving these magnificent birds it to determine population numbers of each species, and important areas for breeding. It is a collaborative initiative to save the three species of vultures, the White-backed, Long-billed and Slender-billed, from looming extinction. Why in news? The VCBC were started in 2004 when the vulture population had already crashed significantly, almost by 99 %. Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore. “By the time we started these vulture conservation breeding centers in 2004, the vulture population had already crashed significantly, almost by 99 %. But starting with just a few vultures, the total number of vultures in the VCBCs has increased to more than 700. Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centres It is a joint project of the Haryana Forest Department and the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS). Quite the same Wikipedia. Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centres. As such the work of the Vulture Conservation Programme (“VulPro”) work is intended and expected to impact on many other aspects of the environment – beyond vultures. Vulture Conservation And Breeding Centres (VCBC): To study the cause of deaths of vultures, a Vulture Care Centre (VCC) was set up at Pinjore, Haryana in 2004. Just better. “By the time we started these vulture conservation breeding centers in 2004, the vulture population had already crashed significantly, almost by 99 %. About Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centres. It is a collaborative initiative to save the three species of vultures, the White-backed, Long-billed and Slender-billed, from looming extinction. The number of Vulture declined from 40 million in the 80s to a few thousand by 2009. Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centre. Such breeding centres for vultures are operational in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Assam and West Bengal, besides Haryana. But starting with just a few vultures, the total number of vultures in the VCBCs has increased to more than 700. The Karnataka centre will be the fifth in the country. Bhubaneswar: With an aim to save vultures, the State government has set up vulture conservation and breeding centre at the Nandankanan Zoological Park here. The Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre acronym JCBC, at Pinjore in Haryana State is a unique research facility located in the “Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary” with an aim to breed and conserve the fast dwindling and endangered species of Indian vultures.