The Uttarakhand government granted certification to the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) as part of its sterilization project to address man-animal conflict.
For the first time in the country, ultrasound will be performed on wild animals to detect pregnancy before administering reproduction control method on them.
At present, the machine will be used to detect pregnancy in wild boars, monkeys and elephants.
The initiative is part of WII's 3-year project under the Union environment ministry, in collaboration with National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi.
If the animal is found pregnant, sterilization will not be performed and the animal is released in the wild undisturbed.