Concrete sprawl in Buddha’s birthplace in Nepal threatens sarus cranes

Mongabay
May 19, 2025, 7:40 am201 pts
LUMBINI, Nepal — Legend has it that before he became the Buddha, a young Prince Siddhartha Gautama nursed an injured sarus crane (Antigone antigone) back to health. Since then, the bird and the faith have been closely intertwined, and nowhere more so than in Lumbini gardens in Nepal, hailed as the…

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