Bhensrodgarh Wildlife Sanctuary is an exquisite habitat for wildlife animals situated in the Aravallis. The 229 square kms area was declared as a wildlife sanctuary in 1983. Wildlife The Bhensrodgarh Sanctuary shelters rare sloth bear, leopard, hyena, jackal, fox, spotted deer and birds in its open degraded forest areas with rocky outcrops adjoining towns, villages. …
The Bassi wildlife sanctuary derives its name from the historical Bassi town, situated near the sanctuary. It was declared as wildlife sanctuary in 1988 and is spread across 150 square kms on the western border of Vindhyachal Mountain Ranges. Location Map of Bassi Wildlife Sanctuary: The wildlife sanctuary is situated in the Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan. …
Band Baretha wildlife sanctuary is an old wildlife reserve of the rulers of Bharatpur. In 1866 Maharaja Jaswant Singh, started construction of dam on Kakund River, which was finished by Maharaja Ram Singh in 1897. About 200 square kms of area surrounding the dam was declared as wildlife sanctuary in 1985. Wildlife: Band Baretha is …
Rajasthan has become the first state in India to launch a project to conserve leopards by improving their prey base, mitigating conflicts with humans and controlling poaching. With a budget of ₹7 crore, Project Leopard, will run across 8 wildlife Sanctuaries in Rajasthan Leopard: Nine subspecies of the leopard have been recognized, and they are distributed …
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This article is based on special article released in Times of India on Sloth Bears of Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary (Rajasthan) & Jessore Wildlife Sanctuary (Gujarat). What is Sloth Bear? There are actually three types of bear found mostly in India: Himalayan Black bear Brown Bear Sloth Bear Out of these, Sloth Bear, is a nocturnal …
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