210 km. from the pink city, Jaipur, Tal Chappar is a sanctuary located in the Churu district and is situated on the border of the Great Indian Thar Desert. Known for blackbucks and home to a variety of birds, the sanctuary is named after Chappar village. Tal Chhapar is a shelter of the “Blackbuck”, an ideal place to see more than a thousand in a number of these Antelope here. Pre-independence, Tal Chhapar was a hunting reserve of the erstwhile royal family of Bikaner and was given the status of a sanctuary in 1966. According to the Wildlife Census of the year 2022, the number of blackbucks in Churu’s Krishna Deer Sanctuary Talchhapar was 4223. It is a good place to witness desert animals and reptile species. The sanctuary hosts more than 40 species of raptors and over 300 species of resident and migratory birds viz., harriers, eastern imperial eagle, tawny eagle, short-toed eagle, sparrow, and little green bee-eaters, black ibis, and demoiselle cranes. Other than that, desert foxes and cats, skylarks, crested larks, ring doves, and brown doves can be seen throughout the year. Due to the number of blackbucks in Talchhapar exceeding their capacity, they have to be relocated from there to some other place. Here, Jhunjhunu’s Conservation Reserve Beed (Bir) spread over 1047.48 hectares, has the capacity to house 1000 deer, due to which there are efforts to bring about 500 more blackbucks here. In April 2022, the Forest Department released 27 male and 19 female black bucks from Bikaner in the Conservation Reserve Beed here. The Forest Department has established new outposts in the Beed area. Solar tubewell has also been installed here to maintain continuous availability of water in the water halls made for drinking water of wild animals. Also, in February 2023, in a first-of-its-kind project, the Rajasthan Forest Department announced to develop a new home at Jaswantgarh forest block in Nagaur district to relocate surplus blackbucks facing a shortage of territory and grazing resources. Around 2,223 bigha of land has been transferred to the forest department. A wildlife officer informed that approximately one-hectare area is required for a blackbuck for its fodder and roaming ground. Shifting of blackbucks is highly challenging as the animal is extremely sensitive. Once the grasslands are ready, we will try and test the African technique Boma to relocate the animals. The department has also planned to make a temporary 10-km corridor from Tal Chhapar to Jaswantgarh. Jaswantgarh has been given preference owing to its close proximity to Chhapar, its low-lying landscape with similar soil conditions, and rainwater availability solving the drinking water source for the blackbucks. The habitat development is being funded by the Chief Minister’s Fund after a rap by the high court ordering the declaration of Tal Chhapar sanctuary as an eco-sensitive zone. Talchhapar Wildlife Sanctuary is the sole place having a good population of Blackbuck in such a small area. It is the only sanctuary in India which is having a good number of blackbucks in an almost tree-less, saline, and flat-land. These black bucks have “Mothiya” for their food.