Jorbeer Conservation Reserve in Bikaner, Rajasthan, is littered with plastic and other non-biodegradable waste that spills out from animal carcasses dumped for birds’ consumption in the protected area. The plastic waste pollutes the land and risks further consumption bt birds and livestock around the reserve.
The country’s vulture population crashed from over 40,000 in 2003 to 18,645 in 2015, according to the last vulture census conducted by intergovernmental body Bird Life International. Here, an Egyptian vulture is seen in Jorbeer.