LUCKNOW: The New Year promises to be a contented one for the rhinoceros at Dudhwa. Some of them would possibly get to shift to a new house, because of South Africa.
Their relocation has been pending since 2001 when the UP wooded area department had first thought of protecting the reserve's rhino inhabitants at two other locations.
Presently, all 34 rhinos are enclosed in a 27 square km house in Sonaripur range of the reserve.
A 14 sqkm in Bilrayen range of the reserve has been fenced and made in a position for rhinos who wish to be relocated. But it would not be completed all this whilst - mainly due to non-availability of the drug to tranquillize rhinos. Etorphine is a sedative which is needed to tranquillise rhinos and is produced by way of South Africa. Dudhwa can be getting a 50ml drug from South Africa for $5,000. "We learnt that the drug has been dispatched and we might get it soon," mentioned deputy director, Dudhwa tiger reserve, Mahaveer Okay.
Etorphine is a 'scheduled' drug in India. It is not produced right here and uploading the drug wishes permission from six other entities. Etorphine is a drug needed for wildlife control all over the place the sector and works highest as a sedative for heavier animals like rhinos, elephants and buffaloes.
UP can be getting its first stock of the drug individually. Initially, Nandan Kanan zoo of Odisha used acquired the drug centrally and equipped it to reserves and parks on call for. But, it is been a decade because the system changed. Each reserve and park now wishes to procure its own stock.
Etorphine is highly concentrated and 50ml is sufficient to tranquillise 100-odd rhinos. Dudhwa has 34 rhinos in all.
"To say what dose is needed to tranquillise a rhino is difficult as it depends on ground situation, like from what distance the dart has been aimed at the animal and which part of its body has the injection hit," mentioned Amit Sharma, a wildlife knowledgeable working with rhino venture of WWF-India. Mostly, in rescue operations for rhinos, a tranquillising dart is all the time shot from a distance. Assuming that the pictures is also missed, three injections are taken to tranquillise a single rhino. Each of the injection carries a dose of one.5 to 2ml drug, and by way of that normal at least 6ml of drug would be needed to tranquillise a single rhino.
In India, apart from Assam, rhino inhabitants exists in UP and Bengal.
In UP, the animals had been re-introduced in Dudhwa in 1984 beneath rhino rehabilitation venture of the Government of India. Two men - Banke and Raju, and three women - Asha, Suheli and Savitri had been delivered to Dudhwa after being captured from forests surrounding Kaziranga, Assam. Banke, in a bid to assert his supremacy, killed Raju. Two women, too, died within a year. In 1985, four women, Hemrani, Pavitri, Narayani and Swayamvara, had been announced within the team.
Their relocation has been pending since 2001 when the UP wooded area department had first thought of protecting the reserve's rhino inhabitants at two other locations.
Presently, all 34 rhinos are enclosed in a 27 square km house in Sonaripur range of the reserve.
A 14 sqkm in Bilrayen range of the reserve has been fenced and made in a position for rhinos who wish to be relocated. But it would not be completed all this whilst - mainly due to non-availability of the drug to tranquillize rhinos. Etorphine is a sedative which is needed to tranquillise rhinos and is produced by way of South Africa. Dudhwa can be getting a 50ml drug from South Africa for $5,000. "We learnt that the drug has been dispatched and we might get it soon," mentioned deputy director, Dudhwa tiger reserve, Mahaveer Okay.
Etorphine is a 'scheduled' drug in India. It is not produced right here and uploading the drug wishes permission from six other entities. Etorphine is a drug needed for wildlife control all over the place the sector and works highest as a sedative for heavier animals like rhinos, elephants and buffaloes.
UP can be getting its first stock of the drug individually. Initially, Nandan Kanan zoo of Odisha used acquired the drug centrally and equipped it to reserves and parks on call for. But, it is been a decade because the system changed. Each reserve and park now wishes to procure its own stock.
Etorphine is highly concentrated and 50ml is sufficient to tranquillise 100-odd rhinos. Dudhwa has 34 rhinos in all.
"To say what dose is needed to tranquillise a rhino is difficult as it depends on ground situation, like from what distance the dart has been aimed at the animal and which part of its body has the injection hit," mentioned Amit Sharma, a wildlife knowledgeable working with rhino venture of WWF-India. Mostly, in rescue operations for rhinos, a tranquillising dart is all the time shot from a distance. Assuming that the pictures is also missed, three injections are taken to tranquillise a single rhino. Each of the injection carries a dose of one.5 to 2ml drug, and by way of that normal at least 6ml of drug would be needed to tranquillise a single rhino.
In India, apart from Assam, rhino inhabitants exists in UP and Bengal.
In UP, the animals had been re-introduced in Dudhwa in 1984 beneath rhino rehabilitation venture of the Government of India. Two men - Banke and Raju, and three women - Asha, Suheli and Savitri had been delivered to Dudhwa after being captured from forests surrounding Kaziranga, Assam. Banke, in a bid to assert his supremacy, killed Raju. Two women, too, died within a year. In 1985, four women, Hemrani, Pavitri, Narayani and Swayamvara, had been announced within the team.
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