Blue crane faces extinction threat as numbers drop sharply

By maleeha zahid

Blue crane faces extinction threat as numbers drop sharply

South Africa鈥檚 national bird, the blue crane, is now at greater risk of extinction after being moved from 鈥渘ear threatened鈥 to 鈥渧ulnerable鈥 on the IUCN Red List. Once a symbol of conservation success, the elegant bird is now in serious decline, especially in the Overberg region, where its population has dropped by 44% between 2011 […]

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