VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

AIR PRESSURE GUN

• These equipments mainly are similar to the blow pipe in structure but is bigger in size and has an added advantage of silent projections and low maintenance cost.
• The gun stock may have inbuilt pressure gauge. Some times, the pressure gauge may be present at the foot pump.
• It is to be remembered that the pressure requirement may have variations and this often depends on the size of the dart as well as the distance between the wild animal and the gun.
• Air pressure of about four to eight bars is adequate to propel the dart upto a distance of about twenty to thirty meters.