Bird on the brink: Great Indian bustard nears vanishing point in Pakistan

Bird on the brink: Great Indian bustard nears vanishing point in Pakistan

A treacherous combination of habitat degradation, illegal hunting and predation has pushed the Great Indian bustard, one of the world’s heaviest flying birds, to the brink of extinction in Pakistan and India, wildlife experts and conservation groups warn. With an alarmingly small global population numbering just between 200 and 250 individuals, the bird has been classified as “critically endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of…