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Emergency campaign launched to save the Great Indian Bustard
December 23 , 2018
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- The Wildlife organizations have got together to launch a campaign to save the Great Indian Bustard which in recent years has come under the critically endangered list.
- This campaign is much needed to save the bird from extinction as the total global population of the Great Indian Bustard reaching and all time low at < 150.
- Rajasthan is the last stronghold of the Great Indian Bustard.
- Fewer than 150 birds survive, out of which about 100 live in the Thar Desert.
- Gujarat has the next largest population of the bird – between 10 and 25 individuals.
- The wildlife organizations launched the campaign include the Corbett Foundation in collaboration with Conservation India and Sanctuary Nature Foundation.
- Many experts believe that these birds might be the first species to become extinct in Independent India.
- This grassland species is extinct from 95% of its range now.
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