A day in the life of a Ranger
And yesterday tops it all. Was going to attend a hunting case filed in the court at Sanguem, when I got a call on the cell that two wild Indian Bison have fallen in a well in a farm.
The well, about five metres deep and almost ten metres square with dense bushes all round and invisible from a distance, had about two metres deep water (we measured it later). Th etwo Indian Bisons or Gaur had merely stepped into the vegetation and fallen into the water.
We got the bushes cleared and go to work. Staff from nearby ranges were summoned.
You might be wondering, how does one get a Gaur out of a well. In fact two of them. They are almost a ton in weight!
The best way to get them out is by digging. Digging? Yes, digging. Digging the edge of the well and dumping all the soil inside. A very tedious affair indeed.
At the same time, consider that the Gaur in the well are in two metres deep water and have been keeping afloat by swimming for hours!
So digging we did. The Gaur initially get disturbed and panic, so we had to limit our activity with minimal disturbance. If the Gaur got tired of swimming because of the agitation, they would drown.
Three hours of continuous digging and the Gaur could finally climb ashore!!!
Felt good.
All in a day's work.

Comments

  1. walk don't run1:28 AM

    What an interesting post. Did the gaur weigh a ton each? Don't we have equipment that can lift animals?

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  2. parthicle8:28 PM

    You would need to tranquilise them to left them by crane; we had done that once. But these were swimming in water; they would drown if tranquilised.

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