Have you ever seen a Great Indian Bustard? Chances are you never will

Nihar Gokhale
1 min readOct 24, 2016

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How does a bird go from nearly being chosen as India’s national bird after independence, to almost going extinct today? The Great Indian Bustard (GIB) has found itself on the wrong side of wildlife conservation in India. Where sustained attention and high-decibel campaigns have helped save the tiger, conservation has come too little and too late for the Bustard.

The one-metre tall bird is among the few heavy birds in the world that can fly and is found commonly in grasslands. As such areas have been overgrazed or taken over by agriculture, the GIB population has been driven nearly to extinction. Numbers have dropped from over a thousand in 1980 to just under 200 GIBs today. Read the full story:

http://www.catchnews.com/environment-news/have-you-ever-seen-a-great-indian-bustard-chances-are-you-never-will-1445263284.html Originally published on October 19, 2015

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Nihar Gokhale
Nihar Gokhale

Written by Nihar Gokhale

Journalist and editor in India interested in economy, environment and conflicts.

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