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> The houbara bustard, a gentle desert bird > native to Central Asia, has been poached to > near-extinction despite being protected under Pakistani > law. These birds need your help! > > The Sindh Wildlife Department has full > authority to control sport hunting. However, > influential local personalities support this > tradition, and the law is not enforced. > These birds are crucial to maintaining the > biodiversity of the Middle East and Central Asia, but > are expected to go extinct in as little as 15 years if > sport hunting is kept up. >
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