At a time when dwindling population of vulture species is a cause for concern for wildlife managers and ornithologists in the country, Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS), the only protected area in the State which harbours the avian population, is turning out to be a major habitat of the bird species.
As per the data from the first-ever tri-State synchronised vulture survey that was released recently, a total of 320 individual vultures were counted in the seven-protected areas, including 51 individual vultures in WWS, spread over Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
