, ▁this ▁is ▁responsible ▁for ▁killing ▁about ▁ 1 % ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁population ▁each ▁year . ▁ ▁Conserv ation ▁status ▁▁ ▁There ▁were ▁about ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 1 5 – 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁m ature ▁sar us ▁c ran es ▁left ▁in ▁the ▁wild ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁The ▁Indian ▁population ▁is ▁less ▁than ▁ 1 0 , 0 0 0 , ▁but ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁sub species , ▁is ▁the ▁health iest ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁numbers . ▁They ▁are ▁considered ▁sacred ▁and ▁the ▁birds ▁are ▁tradition ally ▁left ▁un har med , ▁and ▁in ▁many ▁areas ▁they ▁are ▁una f raid ▁of ▁humans . ▁They ▁used ▁to ▁be ▁found ▁on ▁occasion ▁in ▁Pakistan , ▁but ▁have ▁not ▁been ▁seen ▁there ▁since ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁The ▁population ▁in ▁India ▁has ▁however ▁decl ined . ▁Est im ates ▁of ▁the ▁global ▁population ▁suggest ▁that ▁the ▁population ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁was ▁at ▁best ▁about ▁ 1 0 % ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁worst ▁just ▁ 2 . 5 % ▁of ▁the ▁numbers ▁that ▁existed ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 0 . ▁Many ▁far mers ▁in ▁India ▁believe ▁that ▁these ▁c ran es ▁damage ▁standing ▁cro ps , ▁particularly ▁rice , ▁although ▁studies ▁show ▁that ▁direct ▁feed ing ▁on ▁rice ▁gra ins ▁resulted ▁in ▁losses ▁amount ing ▁to ▁less ▁than ▁one ▁percent ▁and ▁tram pling ▁could ▁account ▁for ▁gra in ▁loss ▁of ▁about ▁. ▁The ▁attitude ▁of ▁far mers ▁tends ▁to