Vulture restaurant
A vulture restaurant is a site where carrion is deposited for endangered vultures to feed on. Vulture restaurants can also be called feeding sites, feeding schemes, and vulture safe zones.
The survival of vultures in some areas is threatened by a variety of circumstances, including loss of habitat and diminishing food sources. In Nepal, vulture deaths have been caused by the ingestion of diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory medication used to treat cattle on whose carcasses the vultures feed. The goal of vulture restaurants is to provide a safe source of food to combat these threats in areas where vultures are known to roost.
The first vulture restaurant was built in South Africa in 1966. Vulture restaurants operate in a number of countries, including Nepal, India, Cambodia, South Africa, Swaziland, and Spain.
