The Boma capturing technique, which is popular in Africa, 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.
Recently, the technique was used at Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district for capturing and trans-locating spotted deer to improve the prey base in Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve, situated 450 km away.
