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Saving Rajasthan's Great Indian Bustard

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By Sumit Dookia
| Down To Earth Verified
I vividly remember my first encounter with the great Indian bustard. It was on the outskirts of Bikaner in 2000. I was a young researcher, roaming the scrublands with more curiosity than knowledge. On one such outing accompanied by a few other researchers, I experienced a “not-seen-before” moment. The bird emerged first as an unidentifiable shape, tall and measured in its stride. Its sheer size, the way it rose into the air with slow, powerful wingbeats, left a lasting impression.
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HT Syndication: 'I see the rise of defenders'

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By Sumit Dookia
| HT Syndication
India, Feb. 21 -- I vividly remember my first encounter with the great Indian bustard. It was on the outskirts of Bikaner in 2000. I was a young researcher, roaming the scrublands with more curiosity than knowledge. On one such outing accompanied by a few other researchers, I experienced a "not-seen-before" moment. The bird emerged first as an unidentifiable shape, tall and measured in its stride. Its sheer size, the way it rose into the air with slow, powerful wingbeats, left a lasting impression.
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The state of the great Indian bustard leaves no room for bad eggs [Commentary]

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By Sumit Dookia, Mamta Rawat
| Mongabay India
From 1,260 birds across 11 states in 1969, the Great Indian Bustard has declined to fewer than 150 individuals across five states, now restricted mainly to two fragmented pockets in Rajasthan’s Thar Desert. Since 2019, Rajasthan’s recovery programme has successfully reared over 60 chicks in captivity, creating a secure “fixed deposit” but Gujarat’s demand for eggs from the centre could fragment resources instead of strengthening recovery.
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Has the Great Indian Bustard just been subjected to a biblical blunder?

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By Sumit Dookia
| Down To Earth Verified
Wildlife & Biodiversity The administration in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer, the last stronghold of the bird, has sprayed pesticides in the area where it is found, to kill locusts A Great Indian Bustard. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Locusts as well as other grasshoppers are one of the major food items of the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) in the desert landscape of Rajasthan. Swarms of locusts from West Asian countries come to India through Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Locust swarms are not an annual event.
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