Bagish K Jha, TNN | Apr 5, 2013
INDORE: Five chitals (spotted deer) were successfully translocated to Ralamandal Wildlife Sanctuary during the wee hours of Tuesday. It is first time in the recent past when the translocation of wildlife has been done without any fatalities and injuries; all the chital were in healthy condition at the time of their introduction in Ralamandal.
Fifteen more chitals will be translocated to Ralamandal from Van Vihar in Bhopal during the next one month. The forest department will monitor the movement of the chital for one month and if everything remains fine then the chital will be translocated to Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary, Narsinghpur and few other reserved forest areas in state.
Principal Secretary of forest department, BP Singh said they were scared before the translocation of the chital, so only five were sent in the first batch. "The success of the translocation has given confidence to the department now, so, many such translocations will be carried out in the coming months," Singh said adding that the translocated animals will be monitored for next one month.
The translocation was important, as for the first time an entire exercise was executed by the state forest department with the technical guidance of Wildlife Institute of India (WII). "WII gave us intellectual inputs in preparing the plan for the movement and the Boma van in which the animals was transported, was brought from South Africa," Singh said.
Forest minister Sartaj Singh was excited about the translocation exercise. "We are happy that everything was done successfully without causing any injury to the animals. It will help the department in gaining expertise in this process and will open up avenues for further translocation," the forest minister said.
Elaborating about the movement, the chief conservator of forest (CCF), PC Dubey said they were waiting for this for quite some time. "Chital are very sensitive animal and they suffer from capture myopathy syndrome under which an animal gets shocked when captured and transported. Many times, a chital dies or sustains injuries during translocation," Dubey said, adding that this time, the department has come up with a successful technique to deal with it.
A Boma vehicle, specially designed for the purpose, was used to capture the animal in their natural condition. Then in the late evening, the van started from Van Vihar and it was stopped at Daulatpur were the chital were given fodder and after a five-hour drive, they were released in Ralamandal.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Five-chitals-translocated-to-Ralamandal-sanctuary/articleshow/19397882.cms
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| The translocation was important, as for the first time an entire exercise was executed by the state forest department with the technical guidance of Wildlife Institute of India (WII). |
Fifteen more chitals will be translocated to Ralamandal from Van Vihar in Bhopal during the next one month. The forest department will monitor the movement of the chital for one month and if everything remains fine then the chital will be translocated to Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary, Narsinghpur and few other reserved forest areas in state.
Principal Secretary of forest department, BP Singh said they were scared before the translocation of the chital, so only five were sent in the first batch. "The success of the translocation has given confidence to the department now, so, many such translocations will be carried out in the coming months," Singh said adding that the translocated animals will be monitored for next one month.
The translocation was important, as for the first time an entire exercise was executed by the state forest department with the technical guidance of Wildlife Institute of India (WII). "WII gave us intellectual inputs in preparing the plan for the movement and the Boma van in which the animals was transported, was brought from South Africa," Singh said.
Forest minister Sartaj Singh was excited about the translocation exercise. "We are happy that everything was done successfully without causing any injury to the animals. It will help the department in gaining expertise in this process and will open up avenues for further translocation," the forest minister said.
Elaborating about the movement, the chief conservator of forest (CCF), PC Dubey said they were waiting for this for quite some time. "Chital are very sensitive animal and they suffer from capture myopathy syndrome under which an animal gets shocked when captured and transported. Many times, a chital dies or sustains injuries during translocation," Dubey said, adding that this time, the department has come up with a successful technique to deal with it.
A Boma vehicle, specially designed for the purpose, was used to capture the animal in their natural condition. Then in the late evening, the van started from Van Vihar and it was stopped at Daulatpur were the chital were given fodder and after a five-hour drive, they were released in Ralamandal.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Five-chitals-translocated-to-Ralamandal-sanctuary/articleshow/19397882.cms
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