The Kanha Tiger Reserve’s proactive wildlife management practices have taken translocation operations to a new level.
An adult gaur bull that wildlife managers, seated on elephants, singled out from the herd is darted successfully.
Photo: Sudhir Mishra
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The bull was restrained and blindfolded for veterinary intervention and then loaded onto the recovery vehicle.
Photo: Sudhir Mishra
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Constructed in 1972, the barasingha enclosure has proved to be a game changer that has assured increased numbers of the endangered and endemic deer.
Photo: Sudhir Mishra
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The conservation of the hard ground barasingha at Kanha is an inspiring success story.
Photo: Subhranjan Sen
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Natural, biological and ecological constraints had resulted in the low population growth of the barasingha at Kanha, so it was decided to relocate some animals to a geographically separate habitat.
Photo: Sharad Vats
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Vital health parameters of a radio-collared tiger being checked.
Photo: Sudhir Mishra
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An immobilised tiger being carried away for weighment and veterinary interventions before translocation.
Photo: Sudhir Mishra
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Once locally extinct, the blackbuck can now be seen at Kanha.
Photo: Nikhilesh Trivedi
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Kanha also supports a good population of sambar.
Photo: Jitender Govindani
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An aerial view of the capture boma used for ungulate species. The boma method of South Africa involves using a large makeshift funnel-shaped enclosure of iron sheets and opaque cloth for capture operations.
Photo: Dr Sanjay K. Shukla
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A herd of chital trapped in the capture boma from where they can be gently driven into the transportation truck.
Photo: Sudhir Mishra
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The customised truck to transport ungulates.
Photo: Sudhir Mishra
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A male barasingha being released in a new park.
Photo: Sudhir Mishra
