According to forest officials, Jaisalmer’s GIB breeding centre had collected 30 eggs from the wild of which six were damaged, 24 chicks were successfully hatched from the eggs and two of them died. At present, there are 22 artificial GIBs
Explaining the process, an official said that the breeding centre had collected 30 eggs from the wild of which six were damaged. 24 chicks were successfully hatched from the eggs and two of them died. “As of now, we have 22 artificially hatched GIBs at the Jaisalmer breeding centre,” the official said
Xavier Bouget, a retiree from the northwest French region of Brittany, befriended a white female pigeon called Blanchon when it was a chick and now it tags along with him everywhere, sitting on his shoulder or walking along beside him.