{"id":376306,"date":"2026-04-01T10:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/376306\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:36:19","slug":"rare-great-indian-bustard-chick-hatched-in-gujarat-after-800km-rescue-50-member-team-guards-critically-endangered-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/376306\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare Great Indian Bustard Chick Hatched in Gujarat After 800km Rescue, 50-Member Team Guards Critically Endangered Bird"},"content":{"rendered":"

Great Indian Bustard \u2014 at a glance<\/p>\n

Status: Critically Endangered<\/p>\n

Estimated wild population: ~150<\/p>\n

Key threats:<\/p>\n

Habitat loss and land-use change <\/p>\n

Collisions with power lines <\/p>\n

Predators such as feral dogs <\/p>\n

Human disturbance <\/p>\n

Why it matters:<\/p>\n

Among the heaviest flying birds in the world <\/p>\n

Indicator species for healthy grassland ecosystems <\/p>\n

Conservation efforts:<\/p>\n

Captive breeding programmes <\/p>\n

Artificial insemination and genetic support <\/p>\n

Egg transport and assisted incubation <\/p>\n

Planned \u201csoft release\u201d into the wild <\/p>\n

Bottom line:<\/p>\n

A rare hatch offers hope \u2014 but survival in the wild remains the biggest test<\/p>\n

A species on the brink<\/p>\n

\"Stephen<\/a><\/p>\n

A Senior Associate Editor with more than 30 years in the media, Stephen N.R. curates, edits and publishes impactful stories for Gulf News \u2014 both in print and online \u2014 focusing on Middle East politics, student issues and explainers on global topics. <\/p>\n

Stephen has spent most of his career in journalism, working behind the scenes \u2014 shaping headlines, editing copy and putting together newspaper pages with precision. <\/p>\n

For the past many years, he has brought that same dedication to the Gulf News digital team, where he curates stories, crafts explainers and helps keep both the web and print editions sharp and engaging. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Great Indian Bustard \u2014 at a glance Status: Critically Endangered Estimated wild population: ~150 Key threats: Habitat loss…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[61,2568,60,82,263],"class_list":["post-376306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-ie","tag-india","tag-ireland","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}