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Year’s first Great Indian Bustard chick is born!
Updated On: 08 April, 2024 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
With hatching at the Sam Conservation Breeding Centre, Jaisalmer, forest wildlife officials upbeat about success of conservation efforts
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The first captive-bred, great indian bustard chick of 2024 hatched at the Sam Conservation Breeding Centre (CBC), Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
The captive breeding programme for the critically endangered great indian bustard in Rajasthan has seen a big success with the first captive-bred great indian bustard chick (GIB), of 2024 being hatched at the Sam Conservation Breeding Centre (CBC). Rajasthan Forest Department tweeted, “Rajasthan Forest Department (RFD), Wildlife Institute of India (WII), and Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC) celebrate a monumental success in Jaisalmer: the first captive-bred great indian bustard chick of 2024 has hatched at the Sam CBC!”
The forest department also stated that this landmark achievement heralds a new dawn for the conservation of this critically endangered species. It may be noted that this is the first captive bred GIB chick of this year. Two conservation breeding centres (CBCs) for great indian bustard are located in Sam and Ramdevra. The Sam centre established in 2019 houses 16 GIB and the Ramdevra Centre operationalised in 2022 houses 13 GIB. One male and seven female GIB in Sam centre are showing signs of sexual maturity.
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