Bird Conservation Nepal is establishing safe feeding sites to preserve vulture in Nepal.
Vultures are keystone species that perform a vital ecosystem service which help keep the environment clean by disposing of carrion, from extinction also help impoverished villages become self-sufficient. In Nepal, an intensive recovery programme is establishing safe feeding sites known as vulture ‘restaurants’. The Sanskrit name for vulture is jatayu , while Nepali people call them giddha or sometimes kuchikar, meaning ‘broom’. Here we discuss three of these vulture restaurants, and provide details on how best to visit them.
