India begins rewilding Great Indian Bustards with first captive-bred releases
PIB Delhi announced on 24 October 2026 that four male Great Indian Bustards (GIB) were released into the wild at Desert National Park in Rajasthan. This marks a shift from building a captive population to restoring the species in its natural habitat after a 75% population decline over 30 years.
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