Bustard poaching in Pakistan desert shocks wildlife activists
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April 16, 2021 21:24 IST
Great Indian Bustard, the State bird of Rajasthan, is considered India’s most critically endangered bird
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A group of poachers led by a retired Major of Pakistan Army (in circle) with the carcasses of two GIBs hunted down in Cholistan desert. Special rrangement.
Great Indian Bustard, the State bird of Rajasthan, is considered India’s most critically endangered bird The recent shooting of two Great Indian Bustards (GIBs) in Pakistan’s Cholistan desert, with the poachers brazenly getting themselves photographed with the carcasses of birds in their hands and guns on their shoulders, has left wildlife activists in Rajasthan shocked and outraged. The GIB, which is the State bird of Rajasthan, is considered India’s most critically endangered bird.