Great Indian Bustard chick goes missing in Kutch: Forest officials

A month-old Great Indian Bustard chick has gone missing in Kutch, Gujarat, since April 18. The chick was hatched in the wild through a first-of-its-kind inter-state egg transfer from Rajasthan. Forest officials suspect predation and question whether adequate habitat safeguards were in place for its survival. The Great Indian Bustard is a critically endangered bird, with a national population estimated to be fewer than 150 individuals, mostly concentrated in Rajasthan.