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The aviator cognition to seizure and relocate Indian gaurs entered its 2nd time astatine Koppa Estate, adjacent Koppa successful Chikkamagaluru, connected Friday. However, the day’s cognition ended without a capture, aft the targeted carnal proved excessively dense to transport.
Forest unit had successfully tranquilised a steadfast antheral gaur utilizing a dart, but upon assessing the animal, the squad recovered it weighed heavy, making it intolerable to carry. The carnal was subsequently revived and released.
“We successfully sedated a steadfast antheral gaur. However, it was excessively heavy, weighing much than 1,000 kg, to beryllium moved. We revived and fto it go,” said Yashpal Kshirasagar, Conservator of Forests, Chikkamagaluru Circle. He added that the cognition aims to make a Standard Operating Procedure for capturing and relocating gaurs, and volition proceed connected Saturday. The cognition would extremity with the seizure of 3 Indian gaurs.
A squad of wood officials, tract staff, and veterinarians stay camped astatine Koppa for the operation, said to beryllium the archetypal of its benignant successful South India. The section has been tasked with relocating gaurs connected an experimental ground pursuing a spike successful human-gaur struggle successful the region. Six radical person mislaid their lives successful gaur attacks successful the territory implicit the past 3 years.
Activist raises objection
Meanwhile, situation activistic Nagaraja Koove has written to Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre urging a halt to the operation, calling it unscientific. The Mudigere taluk nonmigratory questioned whether immoderate survey connected gaur colonisation successful the Western Ghats was conducted earlier launching the exercise. He besides argued that evicting amerciable encroachers from wood onshore should person been the department’s archetypal priority.
