Rising figures of Great Indian Bustard may have shown encouraging signs for research team from Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER), but Bharat Jethwa, former GEER scientist, who conducted the study, found several threats posed by humans in the area. They were endangering existence of Indian Bustard which is now found only in Kutch. Himanshu Kaushik reports...

'Musharaf permits Gulf Royals to shoot 6,000 Great Indian Bustards" stated the Jan Marg frame in the Chandigarh Tribune of November 29, 2007. It took a while for the enormity of this disturbing report to sink in. And the, a whole range of issues connected with bustards and falconary

Bustards are magnificent, tall, long-necked and long-legged birds belonging to the avian family Otididae. There are about 23 species of bustards in the world, and the Great Indian Bustard (GIB; Ardeotis nigriceps) is the most endangered among these. (Correspondence)

The Great Indian Bustard (GIB; Ardeotis nigriceps) is endemic to the Indian subcontinent and is listed as a critically endangered species. The species is a summer visitor and breeder in Pakistan. Due to ineffective law enforcement and human persecution for its alleged aphrodisiac value, the species is close to extinction from its native haunts.

The elusive Asian houbara bustard could fall victim to falconers and poaching without strong international protection.

a central Empowered Committee- appointed expert panel has suggested reducing the size of the Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary in Maharashtra to 122,200 hectares (ha). But the state government wants to reduce it further, to 35,000 ha. The sanctuary, a prime habitat of the Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps), is spread over 850,000 ha across Ahmednagar and Solapur districts. A few years

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Majestic bird on the verge of extinction rediscovered in a region in Karnataka

EXCITING DISCOVERY: Great Indian Bustard in Sirguppa taluk on Wednesday.

BELLARY: The Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps), a majestic bird on the verge of extinction, has been rediscovered in Sirguppa in Karnataka

there is debate over whether villages, within the Desert National Park in Rajasthan, should be relocated. Park officials stress on relocation, politicians are against it and scientists say while

The Great Indian Bustard is a highly endangered bird, and accorded Schedule I protection of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972. The bird, common and widespread once in the plains of the Indian peninsula, has become very rare in most of the region due to habitat loss and hunting. Besides many other states, Karnataka is also known to hold a small population of the Bustard.

Confusion over move to close down Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary

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