Five vultures were found dead and a few others ill on the bank of Lokaha stream in Kawasoti Municipality-11 of Nawalparasi East on Monday.
It is suspected that the vultures died after feeding on a jackal carrion.
According to conservationist DB Chaudhary, the dead vultures are of Himalayan griffon and Red-headed vulture species. As many as 17 vultures were found dead near the Kerunge stream in Kawasoti.
The Kawasoti region is home to eight of the nine species of vulture found in Nepal.
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