A captive-bred Indian Vulture, also known as the Long-billed Vulture (Gyps indicus), released from Maharashtra’s Melghat Tiger Reserve earlier this year, has completed an extraordinary 3334-km journey across central India and reached Rajasthan’s Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, offering fresh hope for India’s vulture conservation efforts.

The five-year-old female vulture, identified as X67, was among 15 vultures released in January 2026 from the Somthana Range of Akot Wildlife Division in Akola district under an ongoing conservation programme aimed at restoring declining vulture populations.