Vulture at vulture restaurant

I have recently visited Vulture Restaurant located in the pithauli VDC of Nawalparasi district in Nepal. Which is about 150 km south of Kathmandu? The purpose of my visit was conducting a research regarding Vulture conservation, as I am doing my B.Sc. thesis on Community participation in Wildlife conservation: A case study of Vulture conservation on Pithauli VDC in Nawalparasi district.

It was a questionnaire survey in which various kinds of question were asked for various people. The set of question was different for local people, key informant and tourist.

Pithauli region being attached to Chitwan national park is famous for its diversities among vulture. Out of 8 spp of vulture found in Nepal, 7 can be easily spotted in this region. So Nawalparasi region is also called Vulture capital of Nepal.

A vulture restaurant hase been in operation from last year and because of that the total no of vulture hase been increased from 30 odd to about 100.

A vulture restaurant is a place where vulture are feed with safe,( by safe means free from Diclofenac, which is a anti inflammatory drug often used to treat sick cattles) carcasses.

Local people are highly involved in vulture conservation. A management committee consisting of different local people from various walk of life is example of people voluntary involvement.

I would also like to thank BCN Bird conservation Nepal for helping me financially.

Bangladesh trip

My Bangladesh trip was full of fun. It was not only fun filled but was also adventurous and daunting. We were enjoying our visit from day one.Some of the things that we will never forget are
Bus ride from Burimari to Dhaka(It was so bumping that we fill as if our intestine will come of our mouth) ,Generosity of IUBians, Naim sir(what a friend he was),Mr. Milal at IUB guest house(OK), and all helpful friend of IUB Sadath, Emile,Nushrat, Salma, Rajdeep (they can bargain a lot while shopping).
Most exciting stage of our visit was in Cox’s bazaar. Swimming in the beaches, Sunset at Inani beach will definitely comes as one of the important thing I have done in my life if not the most.