Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The Operation Blackbuck, underway in Shajapur since October 20, will conclude on Tuesday. The 15-member South African team assisting state forest department in capturing the animals will return to their home country thereafter.

The state government will soon decide whether to extend the operation to other districts, where rising blackbuck populations are damaging standing crops.

Talking to Free Press, forest officer Veerendra, who is part of the forest team deployed in Shajapur, said that the operation operation was launched on a pilot basis in the district and has been successful. It has achieved its target and would end on Tuesday, he added.

Te operation helped the forest teams learn the Boma Technique from the South African experts and the department can now

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