Guwahati: An endangered Greater Adjutant Stork, locally referred to as Hargila, was rescued by a team from biodiversity organisation Aaranyak in November last year and after seven months released into the wilderness on May 14.
As per reports, Tiku, the rescued Hargila was only ten-days-old when she and her sibling fell from her nest atop a 70-feet tall tree on November 18, 2022, in Dadara village of Kamrup district, Assam.
A local resident, Kandarpa Medhi, spotted the two birds and contacted the Greater Adjutant Conservation Programme (GACP) team of Aaranyak. The GACP team is headed by well-known conservationist Dr Purnima Devi Barman. Manab Das and Dipankar Das aided Dr Barman in the rescue operation. “The chicks looked weak, dehydrated and were injured,” said Dr Barman.
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