The sound of branches cracking echoed through the air in Dadara, one of the last nesting grounds of the greater adjutant stork, locally known as the hargila. By the time she arrived, the damage had already been done. A towering nesting tree had been cut down, and with it, nine helpless hargila chicks had come crashing to the ground. They lay there — injured, frightened, some dying—amid broken branches and dust. For someone who had already dedica…
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