Singapore rescues rare Himalayan  vulture, prepares it for release

Key Highlights

• “Dehydration, overall weakness and overall exhaustion from the long voyage seems to be the initial diagnosis,” Balakrishnan was quoted as saying by The Straits Times.
• He said ACRES received a call from a member of the public about a distressed large bird on the afternoon of January 11.
• A three-member rescue team safely retrieved the vulture, which had wandered onto a highway and was earlier stranded in a canal.
• Himalayan vultures, typically found in the high-altitude regions of the Himalayas, are rarely seen in Singapore, which lies at the edge of their regular distribution range.
• Most of the species that migrate to Southeast Asia are usually spotted in Thailand and Myanmar.