Trans-state Conservation Effort leads to successful hatching of Great Indian Bustard chick in Gujarat after a decade

• Great Indian Bustard (GIB) (Ardeotis nigriceps) is India's most threatened large bird — Critically Endangered (IUCN) with ~150–250 individuals left, mostly in Rajasthan's Thar.
• In March 2026, the first inter-state "Jumpstart Approach" saw an incubated egg trucked 770 km from Rajasthan to Kutch, hatching the first GIB chick in Gujarat in a decade.
• Relevant for GS-III (biodiversity, conservation) and Prelims species-in-news.