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This is my dream – this is my nightmare

10,000 Birds

Shimmering in the distance, Nilgais , the biggest antelopes of Asia, walk by. Once this species inhabited wide steppes of India and Pakistan, but nowadays remains in ever smaller and more isolated habitat fragments. A bit further away, there is another male, this one with a dozen female strong harem. Males reach 1.2 meters (3.9

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The 300 survivors

10,000 Birds

There are some seven birds among the 100 most endangered species on the planet on the list of fauna and flora listed as the rarest by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Zoological Society of London – and this morning, I am after one of those! The main tactic is diversion. Males reach 1.2

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The Rarest Bird I’ve Ever Seen

10,000 Birds

It wasn’t that long ago that Sociable Lapwing was considered a critically endangered species with a population of only around 1500. They nest on the vast central plains of Asia and winter in inhospitable places like Iraq and Pakistan, and rarely visited places like the White Desert of Kutch in Gujarat.

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