Wild animal capturing training held

Bahadurpura: The Telangana State Forest Department organised the fourth round of training for frontline staff of the cadre FBO/FSO/FRO/Veterinary wing from all the districts/divisions on wild animal capturing techniques and chemical immobilisation.

1. The trained staff would be prepared to deal with wild animals entering human habitations and farmlands
2. The staff is trained in handling equipment used in capturing wild animals and chemical immobilisation

This training is useful in dealing with wild animals like panther, sloth bear and tiger when they enter human habitations and farmlands. The Forest Department is planning to train at least two frontline staff from each district in use of equipment for capturing and chemical immobilization. A total of 65 participants have attended the training programme conducted on Thursday.

The training programme was inaugurated by Hitesh Malhotra, retired IFS and was attended by senior wildlife wing official, Munindra and Director Zoo Park, Sidhanand Kukrety. This training was conducted in coordination with an NGO named Wildlife Tranqui Force (WTF). Nawab Shafath Ali Khan, secretary WTF and Navin Kumar from the NGO attended the workshop. Apart from class room session, hands-on experience in tranquilizing equipment was also given to each participant. A live demonstration was also conducted in tranquilizing a free ranging deer in the zoo.

The participants expressed their satisfaction with the training and stated that they would be in a position to deal with wild animals coming out of forest in their areas in future. They also requested that, such trainings should be conducted for every six months.