2. Definition:
• An area, usually in natural condition, which is
reserved by a governmental or private agency
for the protection of particular species of
animals during part or all of the year.
3. • There are more than 100 national parks and
550 wildlife sanctuaries across the country.
4. Importance Of Wild Life
• 1. To maintain ecological 'balance of nature' and maintain
food chain and nature cycles.
• 2. It has economic value. Many wild plants provide useful
substances like timber, paper, gums etc. And they also have
wide applications in Ayurveda and other branches of
medicine. Wild animals products are tusk, ivory, leather,
honey etc.
• 3. Most important contribution of wild life for human
progress is availability of large genepool for the scientists to
carry breeding programmes in agriculture, animal
husbandry and fishery.
• 4. Wild life provides aesthetic value to man.
5. Some of the famous wildlife
sanctuaries of India
• Kaziranga Wildlife sanctuary
• Gir Wildlife sanctuary
• Sunderbans Wildlife sanctuary
• Periyar Wildlife sanctuary
• Kanha Wildlife sanctuary
• Ranthambhore Wildlife sanctuary
• Talchappar Wildlife sasnctuary
• Manas Wildlife sanctuary
6. Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary
• Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary located on the southern banks of the Brahmaputra
River, Kaziranga National Park is one of the finest and most picturesque wildlife
parks in India. Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary is world famous for being the natural
habitat of the Great one-horned Rhinoceros and Wild Buffalos.
• Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary has sizable population of the Wild Buffalos and
Indian Elephants.
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7. • Kaziranga National Park include the majestic
Tigers, Barasinghas (Swamp Deer), Hog Deer,
Barking Deer, Sambar, Pygmy Hog, Sloth Bears,
Jungle Cats, Otters, Hog Badgers, Leopard Cats,
Chital, Para, Leopard, Gibbons, Capped Langur,
Rock Python, Monitor Lizards, The prominent
migratory birds that visit the park during winters
are Graylag Geese, Bar-Headed Geese, Ruddy
Shelduck, Gadwall, Falcated Duck and Red-
Crested Pochard.
8. Gir Wildlife Sanctuary
• Gir Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the south-west
fringes of the Saurashtra Peninsula, The Gir National
Park is a home to about 300 Asiatic Lions which is
their last surviving population.
9. • Gir is not just about Lions, the second most
seen predator is Leopard. Other animal
residents of the Gir national park are Sambar,
Chital, Nilgai, Chowsingha, Chinkara Gazelle,
Wild Boar, Langur, Jackal, Panthers, Wild Cats
and Hares and Hyena.
10. Sundarbans National Park
• Sundarbans National Park, in the state of West Bengal, is the
largest habitat of the Royal Bengal Tigers and is home to one
of the world's largest estuarine mangrove forest. The
mangrove forests consist of Genwa, Dhundal, Passur, Garjan
and Kankra among a variety of other trees, which can thrive in
the saline Water.
11. • The total geographical area of Sundarban is 2,585 sq kms. Besides, the
Royal Bengal Tigers, the forest is also home to a variety of fauna including
the largest deltaic crocodiles, dolphins, the king corba, lizards, pythons,
olive ridley, chequered killback, gangetic gharial (alligator), giant turtle and
deer: and a variety of resident and migratory birds including heron, egret,
cormorant, fishing eagle, seagull, kingfisher, whimbrel, black-tailed godwit,
little stint, easter knot, curlew, sandpiper, golder plover, pintail and
whistling teal.
12. Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary
• The Periyar National Park and Tiger Reserve is
situated high in the ranges of the Western Ghats, in
south Indian state of Kerala. The major attractions at
Periyar are - Elephants, Tiger, Nilgiri Tahr, Nilgiri
Langur.
13. Kanha National Park
• Kanha National Park is located in Mandla
district, Madhya Pradesh state supports 22
species of mammals, including tigers,
leopards, chital, large, long-tailed deer, and
barasingha, and about 200 species of birds.
• Here a Kanha museum and stumps of two
giant sal trees that are worshipped daily,
known as Raja Rani are attraction for vistors.
14. Ranthambore National Park
• Ranthambore National Park & Wildlife
Sanctuary, which covers an area of around 400
sq km, is one of the finest tiger reserves in the
country. The park's abandoned fortress, lakes
and above all, around 40 majestic tigers, have
made it one of the most filmed wildlife
reserves in the world.
• The park is also home to animals like the
jackal, mongoose, sloth bear and leopard.
15. Tal Chappar Wildlife Sanctuary
• The Wildlife Sanctuaries Talchaper lies in Churu
District, Rajasthan is is famous for black-bucks.
Talchhapar wildlife sanctuary is a unique sanctuary
having a good population of Black buck in a small
area of 719 ha. The sanctuary houses nearly 1680
Black Bucks in a small area.
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16. Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
• Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, located in Kamrup
district of Assam. It is the only Indian Wildlife
Sanctuary placed in the list of 34 endangered
ones across the world. The Wildlife Sanctuary
is spread over 519.77 square kilometres with a
core area of 360 square kilometres, situated
at the foothills of the Himalayas.
17. • The Wildlife Sanctuary is home to a great variety of
wildlife, including tiger, golden langur, wild buffalo,
hispid hare, pigmy hog, capped langur, elephant, gaur,
hog deer, etc. It is also home to 20 species of birds and
animals that are highly endangered, including the red
panda, Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, golden langur
and pygmy hog. It also houses as many as 380 species
of birds, including the endangered Bengal florican. The
other birds are - giant hornbills, jungle fowls, bulbuls,
brahminy ducks, kalij pheasants, egrets, pelicans,
fishing eagles, serpent eagles, falcons, bee-eaters, etc.
