Recovered vultures set free at Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park

By The Nation

 

Photo Courtesy of the Wildlife Conservation Bureau (Facebook.com/DNP.Wildlife/)

 

Three Himalayan griffon vultures were released back to the wild at Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park in Chiang Mai's Mae Ai district on Friday.

 

Officials from the Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation's Wildlife Conservation Bureau, accompanied by bird expert Chaiyan Kasorndorkbua from Kasetsart University, released the three vultures at the Doi San Ju viewpoint. 

 

The three vultures had landed in Thailand due to exhaustion and malnutrition in January and were unable to fly. 

 

The male vulture, nicknamed Pabuk, fell on January 7 in Krabi's Khao Phanom area, the female vulture, nicknamed Long Krung, fell on January 20 in Bangkok's Nong Khaem district and another female vulture, nicknamed Chiangrai, fell on January 30 in Chiang Rai's Thoeng district.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30367215

 

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ah their is my in-law family, did not hear anything from them for a few weeks

Shame they are leaving they would have fitted well into the next Government!

Good news for once.  Usually, I hear they get shot, or just put in a zoo or cage for the rest of their lives.  

 

In the 'good old days' vultures were common here in Thailand, but from poisons in farm animal medications, and lack of predator kills to scavenge they are none here now.  

 

They even used to used the vultures to eat the dead people at funerals.... rather than burning them (something that might help the smog problem these days)…..

 

 

as they flew through a cloud of chemical and fell, dead before they hit the ground..