Translocation successes in Kanha

The Kanha Tiger Reserve’s proactive wildlife management practices have taken translocation operations to a new level.

 

The bull was restrained and blindfolded for veterinary intervention and then loaded onto the recovery vehicle.

Constructed in 1972, the barasingha enclosure has proved to be a game changer that has assured increased numbers of the endangered and endemic deer.

The conservation of the hard ground barasingha at Kanha is an inspiring success story.

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.

Vital health parameters of a radio-collared tiger being checked.

An immobilised tiger being carried away for weighment and veterinary interventions before translocation.

Once locally extinct, the blackbuck can now be seen at Kanha.

Kanha also supports a good population of sambar.

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.

A herd of chital trapped in the capture boma from where they can be gently driven into the transportation truck.

The customised truck to transport ungulates.

A male barasingha being released in a new park.

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An adult gaur bull that wildlife managers, seated on elephants, singled out from the herd is darted successfully.