The last pair of Siberian cranes was spotted here in 2002 About a decade after the celebrated Siberian cranes ceased to visit the Keoladeo National Park near Bharatpur in Rajasthan, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests is planning to take up a captive breeding programme for the rare birds in the same terrain. The last pair of Siberian cranes was spotted at the national park in 2002. It is believed that the flock, which visited South Asia from distant Siberia every winter, is extinct, though there are a few birds left in two other flocks that migrate to Iran and China. Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh, who was at the national park to attend a workshop on wetland conservation in connection with the World Wetland Day celebrations on Wednesday, said the 29 sq. km. wetland's unique identity as the abode of Siberian cranes could be maintained with such a breeding centre.