BOMA CAPTURING TECHNIQUE                                                                                      

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Context: Boma technique adopted for translocating deer from Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district to improve the prey base in Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve, situated 450 km away.

About Boma capturing technique:

• A boma is traditionally known throughout Africa as an enclosure, stockade or fort used to secure and protect people’s livestock.
• It involves luring of animals into an enclosure by chasing them through a funnel-like fencing. The funnel tapers into an animal selection-cum-loading chute, supported with grass mats and green net to make it opaque for animals, which are herded into a large vehicle for their transport to another location.
• It was earlier utilised to capture wild elephants for training and service. But presently make a significant contribution in the prey base management.
• Following its adoption in Madhya Pradesh in recent years, Boma has been put to practice for the first time in Rajasthan.

Mukundara Hills National Park

• It is a national park in Rajasthan, India.
• It was established in 2004 and consists of three wildlife sanctuaries: Darrah Wildlife Sanctuary, National Chambal Sanctuary, and Jawahar Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary.
• It is located in the Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests.
• The National Tiger Conservation Authority’s (NTCA) technical committee has approved a proposal to shift two tigers from Ranthambhore National Park to Mukundara, which lost two tigers and two cubs in 2020 and is now left with an eight-year-old tigress.
• Mukandara Hills National Park was once considered for the reintroduction of the Asiatic lion.

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