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This is my dream – this is my nightmare

10,000 Birds

Once this species inhabited wide steppes of India and Pakistan, but nowadays remains in ever smaller and more isolated habitat fragments. In the world where increasing human population demands ever more space and more arable land, the largest of birds are the first to lose the battle. 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! Males reach 1.2 Acknowledgements and other pieces.

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