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This is my dream – this is my nightmare

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Located in the Kutch District of Gujarat, the Naliya Grassland is the smallest reserve of India, covering only 2 square kilometers (yes – 0.77 sq mi), which contradict the conservation significance of the bird it was founded for, some three decades ago – the Critically Endangered Great Indian Bustard. And the animals themselves?

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Critically Endangered: Sociable Lapwing

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Sociable Lapwings breed in several areas along the Kazakhstani – Russian border and overwinter in Iraq, Sudan and northwest India. Trips endangered species India lapwings Sociable Lapwing' Sam claims that they are always there, 26 of them only a week ago. Locals being vegetarians, why are there no birds?

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Rarer than Tigers: the Indian Wild Dog

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India, February 2013. I am camping in the dry-deciduous jungle in eastern Maharashtra, near the geographic heart of India. One Nilgai – the largest of Asian antelopes and a few Sambar deer later, we hit a jackpot: there is one jackal-like animal sitting among the dry leaves! It is February and evenings are cold.

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The 300 survivors

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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! And the animals themselves? The main tactic is diversion.

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Where Tulips Come From (It Ain’t Holland)

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Did some kind of animal eat the tulips and spread them in its droppings? Another oft-quoted account is that of Lopo Vaz de Sampayo, governor of the Portuguese possessions in India. Despite our short stay I was intrigued by the tulips and wondered how they had all ended up on the steppe.

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