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Tiger Conservation Efforts – Project Tiger, etc.

Places in news: Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

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A tiger believed to have been responsible for the death of two herders in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve was finally captured.

Read all the tiger reserves in India through this map. Put more focus on South Indian states and the NE region.

Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

  • Mudumalai National Park is a national park in the Nilgiri Mountains in Tamil Nadu.
  • It is located in the Nilgiri District and shares boundaries with the states of Karnataka and Kerala.
  • It is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and was declared a tiger reserve in 2007.
  • It harbours several endangered and vulnerable species including Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, Indian elephant and gaur.

Try this PYQ:

Q. Recently there was a proposal to translocate some of the lions from their natural habitat in Gujarat to which one of the following sites?

(a) Corbett National Park

(b) Kuno Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary

(c) Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary

(d) Sariska National Park

 

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