<p>Chikkamagaluru: The Forest Department has been mulling over translocating Indian Gaurs to bring down their conflicts with people.</p><p>A team from the department visited Madhya Pradesh recently to study the translocation process.</p><p>People in Kalasa observed a bandh recently, urging the Forest Department to initiate measures to control the menace of gaurs.</p><p>To address the issue, the department took a cue from the Madhya Pradesh model, where gaurs were translocated from the Kanha Tiger Reserve to Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve.</p><p>The officials who visited Madhya Pradesh said the gaur population considerably reduced over the years in Bandhavgarh and the last gaur here died in 1998. Since 2011, an operation is being carried to translocate the gaurs from the Kanha Tiger Reserve to Bandhavgarh, which is 250 km away. Currently, there are more than 170 gaurs in Bandhavgarh.</p><p>According to Chikkamagaluru Circle Chief Conservator of Forests Yashpal Ksheerasagara, translocating gaurs has not been carried out in Karnataka so far. So to study the process, he led a team of four officials to Madhya Pradesh.</p><p>“We have now come up with a report on how to implement the plan. A Standard Operating Procedure will eventually be drawn,” he said.</p><p>As gaurs are sensitive animals, they need to be captured and translocated with great care. The captured gaurs will be released into another forest only after they get accustomed to the weather of the new region, he added.</p>
<p>Chikkamagaluru: The Forest Department has been mulling over translocating Indian Gaurs to bring down their conflicts with people.</p><p>A team from the department visited Madhya Pradesh recently to study the translocation process.</p><p>People in Kalasa observed a bandh recently, urging the Forest Department to initiate measures to control the menace of gaurs.</p><p>To address the issue, the department took a cue from the Madhya Pradesh model, where gaurs were translocated from the Kanha Tiger Reserve to Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve.</p><p>The officials who visited Madhya Pradesh said the gaur population considerably reduced over the years in Bandhavgarh and the last gaur here died in 1998. Since 2011, an operation is being carried to translocate the gaurs from the Kanha Tiger Reserve to Bandhavgarh, which is 250 km away. Currently, there are more than 170 gaurs in Bandhavgarh.</p><p>According to Chikkamagaluru Circle Chief Conservator of Forests Yashpal Ksheerasagara, translocating gaurs has not been carried out in Karnataka so far. So to study the process, he led a team of four officials to Madhya Pradesh.</p><p>“We have now come up with a report on how to implement the plan. A Standard Operating Procedure will eventually be drawn,” he said.</p><p>As gaurs are sensitive animals, they need to be captured and translocated with great care. The captured gaurs will be released into another forest only after they get accustomed to the weather of the new region, he added.</p>