While the vulture aviary at Doongerwadi never took off, Shankar Shinde of village Khorpada in Harsul near Nasik has started an eatery for the winged scavengers. A bhojanalaya (eatery) built on Forest Department land in 2011 and operational since 2015, is where 70-year-old Shinde brings animal carcasses from eight nearby villages for vultures to feast on. Sharing details of his efforts at conservation of the endangered species, Shinde, who is also president of his village’s Joint Forest Management Committee, told Daily News and Analysis (DNA) of November 28, 2016 that they "had to overcome opposition from the villagers, because the......