Status and Conservation
Most species are declining or endangered through habitat loss and hunting, even where they are nominally protected. The last bustard in Britain died in approximately 1832, but the bird is being reintroduced through batches of chicks imported from Russia; two great bustard eggs were recently laid in Britain for the first time in over 150 years, but were unfertilized – probably owing to the still juvenile male population.
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