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A New Dawn for the Great Indian Bustard in Gujarat
A captive-bred egg was transported 770 km from Rajasthan to Gujarat, where a foster female hatched and is rearing the chick, marking a decade-long conservation milestone.
- On Saturday, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav announced the birth of a Great Indian Bustard chick in Gujarat's Kutch region, marking the first successful hatch in a decade using the novel Jumpstart Approach.
- With only three female GIBs surviving in Kutch grasslands and no males present, previous eggs remained infertile; the initiative follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 2011 vision, formally launching Project GIB in 2016.
- Following a 770-kilometre, 19-hour road journey from Rajasthan, scientists replaced an infertile egg on March 22, which successfully hatched into a healthy chick on March 26.
- This first-of-its-kind inter-state initiative involved the Environment Ministry, Wildlife Institute of India , and Forest Departments of Gujarat and Rajasthan, with field teams now observing the foster mother rearing the chick.
- India is moving toward future rewilding of birds as part of long-term conservation planning, while breeding centres in Sam and Ramdevra, Rajasthan, now house 73 birds following the current season.
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Great Indian Bustard chick born in Kutch after 10 years
Providing further details, the Forest Minister stated that the Gujarat Forest Department has achieved a significant milestone in wildlife conservation under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi.
Great Indian Bustard chick born in Gujarat after a decade through jumpstart approach: Environment Minister
The field monitoring team is observing the young chick being reared by its foster mother in its natural habitat after a significant achievement in the recovery of the critically endangered species
Great Indian Bustard chick born in Gujarat after a decade through jumpstart approach: Env Minister
New Delhi, Mar 28 (PTI) A Great Indian Bustard (GIB) chick was born in Gujarat’s Kutch after a decade through a novel conservation measure known as the jumpstart approach, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav announced on Saturday. “Gujarat sees a GIB chick after a decade, through a novel conservation measure – the jumpstart approach, coordinated […]
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