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2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where will the Uttar Pradesh’s first vulture conservation and breeding centre be established?
A
Aligarh
B
Meerut
C
Shamli
D
Gorakhpur
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Uttar Pradesh government is constructing the world’s first Vulture conservation and breeding centre in Gorakhpur, which will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on September 3. UP government is constructing the world’s first Vulture conservation and breeding centre in Gorakhpur.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is a collaborative initiative to save the three species of vultures, the White-backed, Long-billed and Slender-billed, from looming extinction. The centre is located at village Jodhpur on the edge of the Bir Shikargaha Wildlife Sanctuary which is about 8 km off the National Highway-22 from Pinjore on Mallah Road.

Detailed explanation-3: -Joint Project. The vulture conservation and breeding centre is a joint project constructed under the control of Gorakhpur forest division while the Bombay Natural History and the Wildlife Research Institute will provide technical help.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ramadevarabetta Vulture Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary in Karnataka India, aimed for the protection of vultures. Established in 2012, it is the first Vulture Sanctuary in India. Of the nine vulture species found in India, three species, long-billed, Egyptian and white-backed vultures are found here.

Detailed explanation-5: -Named after the mythical vulture Jatayu from the Hindu epic Ramayana, it was established in 2001 as Asia’s first vulture breeding facility and focuses on the conservation of critically endangered species of vultures on the IUCN Red List.

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