Current captive-breeding programs could give the birds a chance
of recovering. However, vultures breed extremely slowly, with
females producing only one egg each year. Conservationist Jemima
Parry-Jones says ( 31 ). She notes that the Indian government
has, in the past, given substantial faunding to tiger-conservation
programs. If the government contributed “a tiny percentage of what
they put into tiger conservation,” she says, vulture-conservation
programs “would be safe and guaranteed.” As it stands, however, the
vulture programs struggle to obtain support.
