“A recent analysis by BirdLife indicates that the bustards are the most threatened terrestrial family of birds on earth; only the seabird families of penguins and albatrosses have a higher proportion of threatened species. These three groups are well ahead of the others in the slide towards extinction.“
“Bustards are wonderful birds. We cannot afford to lose them from the world. Yet to date we have done nothing like enough to help them, and every year they grow rarer and closer to the abyss of extinction. We must unite and fight to save them.“
“We must unite and fight to save the bustard” – WCS India
Address by Dr. Nigel Collar, Chair of IUCN Bustard Specialist Group
摄影: R. Sreenivasan
2020年5月