The last pair of Siberian cranes was spotted here in 2002
About a decade after the celebrated Siberian cranes ceased to visit the Keoladeo National Park near Bharatpur in Rajasthan, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests is planning to take up a captive breeding programme for the rare birds in the same terrain.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/new-breeding-centre-soon-siberian-cranes-keoladeo-park
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/birds
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/keoladeo-np
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bharatpur-d
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/animal-breeding
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rajasthan
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wetland-conservation