With Japanese know-how and the unwavering support of Japanese experts, Bhutan’s national bird is being hatched and hand-reared in captivity successfully for the first time ever. The major hurdle to rearing chicks was overcome, and two healthy birds were just hand-reared, bringing the total captive population to five—a crucial lifeline to a bird that numbers […]
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One of the hand-reared white-belly heron chicks – credit: Ms. Samten Lekey, Veterinary Officer from the White-bellied Heron Conservation Center, the Royal Society for Protection of Nature, BhutanWith Japanese know-how and the unwavering support of Japanese experts, Bhutan’s national bird is being hatched and hand-reared in captivity successfully for the first time ever.
