First, vultures raised in captivity give birth in the wild at Rajabhatkhawa, Bengal

The month-old fledgling has been called F1 by the forest department. In November 2023, its parents, N3 and P6, succeeded in constructing a nest in the wild.A chick born to two captive-bred white-backed vultures in Rajabhatkhawa, West Bengal, has been released into the wild, according to state forest department authorities, who called the event a “conservation milestone.”This is one of the first cases of captive-bred vultures giving birth to a chick in the wild, despite the fact that the vulture was born in a captive facility.

This demonstrates that the captive-bred vultures have sufficiently adapted to the wild and supports the initiative to rejuvenate the vulture population, according to Parveen Kaswan, the project’s forest conservator.The month-old fledgling has been called F1 by the forest department. In November 2023, its parents, N3 and P6, succeeded in constructing a nest in the wild.