A Crane, a Duck & a Bird From the Arctic: What Happens When India's Wetlands Disappear?

When rising water threatened a Sarus Crane’s nest in Madanpura village in eastern Uttar Pradesh, two men stepped in. Local volunteer Chedi Kewat alerted the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) and worked with field assistant Ravindra Kumar Tripathi to secure the nest using bamboo poles. Thirty-one days later, the eggs hatched. It was one small rescue, but it tells us something important about India's birds. Their survival can depend on the pond beside a village, the marsh near a farm or the muddy shor

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