India, Oct. 23 -- In a move that blends wildlife management with agricultural protection, the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department has successfully captured and relocated 45 blackbucks from the farmlands of Shujalpur to the Gandhi Sagar Sanctuary in Mandsaur district.

The initiative, officials say, aims to protect farmers' crops, reduce human-wildlife conflict, and simultaneously strengthen the prey base for cheetahs that are to be relocated to Gandhi Sagar - India's second cheetah reintroduction site after Kuno

National Park.

What makes this operation historic is the first-ever use of the Boma capture technique in India - a method developed in South Africa for the humane capture and transfer of wild animals. Assisted by a team of South Af...