Sameer Nazir
KARACHI: There is a dire need to recovery and rehabilitation of vulture population, rapidly declining in the villages of Tharparkar a remote part of country in the Asia region.
civil society, community and experts have demanded to take steps for friendly ecosystem vulture species in Karoonjhar hills arround at Nangarparkar villages rapidly declining due to climate changes.
A number of Community women and men among Kamla, Mano, Shankar Lal, Jamal Khoso and others in village Mulji Jo Vandyo of Nagarparkar of Pakistan along with Indian border locations, expressed vultures’ role and believe that after their funeral rituals (Samadhi) and the dead bodies of animal carcasses and after contamination of soil and water. They said because of this it has augmented the vulnerabilities of fatal diseases in animal species among vultures, added they are rapidly dying and the increase in the number of feral dogs that fed on the dead animals and threaten to human beings with various infectious diseases they told.
Shankar Lal told that there is not only the reason behind use of diclofenac sodium in animals, but also particularly environmental pollution by the digging out blocks of stones, marbles destruction and removal of tons of Guggul or Gugral an Indian herb from Karoonjhar mountains after use of heavy chemicals and contamination of water ponds/storages mostly.
A community lead woman Kamla Ghatiari emphasized on Wild Life Department Government of Sindh and concerned organization among IUCN Pakistan to immediately chalked out a recovery and rehabilitation plan as well as breeding of Vulture species to save Tharparkar beauty and nature, otherwise there is no survival of human being and natural environment in Thar she said.
During an exposure visit led vulture friendly group and community along with IUCN Pakistan in collaboration Baanhn Belli at hatching zone of Nagarparkar mountainous range, there were only 400 white billed, Red billed and some long billed vultures were found on the occasion.
The volunteer Khan Mohammed Marri told that their nesting and breeding process starts from November till the March and some living in the mountainous areas at Voharavo only seven vultures at the Indian-Pakistan border area due to imbalance of climate change and illegal movement in Wild Life centuries.
He told that the climate change was the major issue for the animals in Thar during drought situation, which further disturbances of water resources and other contamination he said.
Talking to this scribe, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) National Rehabilitation Manager Nadeem Mirbahar disclosed that Sindh government Wild Life, Forest, Livestock departments and ministry of climate change for sustainability of the vulture conservation project should play a key role in future.
He told that the vultures’ project for recovery and rehabilitation and Breeding centers must be included with Sindh forest and wildlife department and ministry of climate change and other concerns to save nature IUCN expert told.
Nadeem revealed that during 2000 in Thar drought have created issues after hundreds of animals died and their carcasses due to absence and decline of vultures in the area, it was due to contamination of water, as well as the rise of diseases like rabies, anthrax in livestock and other environmental pollution at large in Karoonjhar at Nagarparkar, Mithi and other parts of Thar he told.
Concerned official of Wild Life Department government of Sindh Deputy Director Qazi Naeemullah regarding the situation in Thar, he said Sindh wildlife departments regarding Vulture Conservation will establish Breeding, Recovery and Rehablitation Centres in Thar.
Civil society call to protect endangered vulture species in Thar
