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Chandigarh, May 10 (PTI) The number of vultures, which helps keep the environment clean, is declining in Haryana, state Forest and Environment Minister Ajay Singh Yadav said today. He emphasised the need to stem the decreasing population of vultures in the state saying these are extremely useful birds for mankind and are also helpful for keeping the environment clean. After visiting the Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre located at Jodhpur village near Bir Shikargaha Wildlife Sanctuary at Pinjore, he said there had been successful hatching of nine nestlings of three species which included white-backed vulture, long-billed vulture and slender-billed vulture during 2009-10 breeding season. He said all the hatchings were between 80 to 110 days old and hoped they would fledge in next 20 to 30 days. He said that so far six birds had successfully hatched at the centre during the previous year. Similarly, three white-backed vultures and slender-billed vultures were hatched during 2008-09 and two white-backed vultures were hatched during 2007-08, he added. The Minister said the centre had experimented with double clutching and artificial incubation. Also, the centre had succeeded in hatching three long-billed and white-backed vultures in the incubators, he added.
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