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.