Bustard poaching in Pakistan desert shocks wildlife activists

The recent shooting of two Great Indian Bustards (GIBs) in Pakistan’s Cholistan desert, with the poachers brazenly getting themselves photographed with the carcasses of birds in their hands and guns on their shoulders, has left wildlife activists in Rajasthan shocked and outraged.

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The GIB, which is the State bird of Rajasthan, is considered India’s most critically endangered bird.

The Cholistan Desert, also locally known as Rohi, is a large desert in the southern part of Punjab, Pakistan.

It forms part of the Greater Thar Desert, which extends to Sindh province and the Indian state of Rajasthan.

It is one of two large deserts in Punjab, the other being Thal Desert. Derawar Fort is located in the Cholistan Desert.