The vulture covered its longest single day journey of 168 km on June 17, researchers at the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) said. The bird, tagged J132, was released in Nashik on June 7 after two earlier release attempts ended with its recapture to improve its physical condition and chances of survival

The BNHS first documented the sharp decline in vulture populations across the Indian subcontinent in 1999, and subsequent research established that diclofenac, a veterinary non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), was responsible for mass mortality among the birds