It is located west of Kurram River in Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, 250 kilometres (155 mi) south of Peshawar.
The center is equipped with a total of 15 circular aviaries and 20 cages as well as an education block for visitors.
[1] The center is now maintained and operated by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Wildlife Department through the Bannu Wildlife Division, Bannu while its establishment was funded by WWF - Pakistan, GEF, UNDP and Darwin Initiative.
These cranes are captured from the wild using stone-weighted ropes tossed up into flocks attracted to live decoys.
The programme also aims to teach the advanced breeding methods to these breeders as part of conservation of endangered species of common crane.