Jatayu Conservation and Breeding Centre (JCBC)

 endangered species habitat, veterinary clinic / surgery

The Jatayu Conservation and Breeding Centre (JCBC), Pinjore is a facility for the breeding and conservation of vultures in the State of Haryana, India, in Panchkula district in the town of Pinjore.

The JCBC, earlier known as Vulture Care Centre (VCC), was established in September 2001 with the UK Government's 'Darwin Initiative for the Survival of Species’ fund, to investigate the dramatic declines in the resident Gyps species of vultures.

The facility, established in 2001, is a joint project of the state forestry department and the Bombay Natural History Society. It covers 5 acres (2.0 ha), and its focus is the conservation, study, and breeding of three species of vultures threatened with extinction. The Centre's research confirmed the discovery that the use of the drug diclofenac in cattle was a critical factor in the decline of vulture populations. The Government of India banned the veterinary use of the drug in 2008 as a result of research done at the Centre.

haryanaforest.gov.in/JCBC.aspx