A Great Indian Bustard (GIB) chick has been born in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/us-israel-attack-iran-indian-flagged-vessel-jag-vasant-carrying-47-000-metric-tonnes-of-lpg-arrives-at-vadinar-port-in-gujarat-23623094" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Gujarat</a>&rsquo;s Kutch after a decade through a novel &ldquo;jumpstart&rdquo; conservation approach, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Saturday.
&ldquo;Gujarat sees a GIB chick after a decade, through a novel conservation measure, the jumpstart approach,&rdquo; Yadav said in a post on X, adding that the effort was coordinated by the Centre, state forest departments and the Wildlife Institute of India.
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Gujarat sees a GIB chick after a decade, through a novel conservation measure - the jumpstart approach, coordinated by the Ministry, State Forest Departments of Rajasthan and Gujarat, and Wildlife Institute of India. Envisioned by PM Shri <a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc-Etfw">@narendramodi</a> ji in 2011 to conserve&hellip; <a href="https://t.co/oE2DYTZBUF">pic.twitter.com/oE2DYTZBUF</a>
&mdash; Bhupender Yadav (@byadavbjp) <a href="https://twitter.com/byadavbjp/status/2037785924080381980?ref_src=twsrc-Etfw">March 28, 2026</a></blockquote>

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Officials said the initiative marks <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/over-54-lakh-lpg-refills-delivered-in-a-day-have-sufficient-stocks-of-petrol-and-diesel-govt-23623072" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">India</a>&rsquo;s first inter-state &ldquo;jumpstart&rdquo; effort for the critically endangered bird. With only three surviving female GIBs in Kutch and no males, natural breeding had become impossible.
To address this, a captive-bred egg from Rajasthan was transported over 770 km from Sam to Naliya via a halt-free corridor. &ldquo;The egg was carried for over 19 hours in a handheld portable incubator and successfully replaced in the nest on March 22,&rdquo; they said.
The foster female completed incubation, and the chick hatched on March 26. Field teams have since observed the chick being reared in its <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-to-get-wildlife-research-institute-near-shahapur-gets-nod-23622986" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">habitat</a>.
Yadav said conservation breeding centres in Rajasthan now house 73 birds. &ldquo;India is now moving ahead towards the rewilding of birds in the near future,&rdquo; he added, calling the initiative a key step in long-term <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/world-news/article/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2026-playful-lynx-picture-by-austrian-photographer-wins-global-wildlife-photography-contest-23622688" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">species</a> recovery efforts.
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