Bandhavgarh National Park

Bandhavgarh National Park
Coordinates: 23 ° 41 ′ 58 "  N , 80 ° 57 ′ 43"  E
Location:	Madhya Pradesh , India
Next city:	Katni
Surface:	448 km²
Founding:	1968

The Bandhavgarh National Park is a national park in Madhya Pradesh in India . It covers an area of ​​about 480 square kilometers and is located about 300 km south of Khajuraho in the Vindhya Mountains . The park is considered one of the most reliable places to spot wild tigers.

The fort on the hill in Bandhavgarh National Park

history

Bandhavgarh was the hunting ground of the Maharajas of Rewa . The majestic tiger was the preferred prey . In the early 1960s, when the area's forests were suffering from heavy poaching, an area of ​​around 105 km² was placed under protection by Maharaja Martand Singh . The protected area was further enlarged from this core zone and declared a national park, which in 1982 comprised around 448 km². Today the park is one of the best-managed protected areas, keeping the local population involved.

description

The hilly landscape is dominated by a plateau on which the fort of the Maharajas once stood. In the immediate vicinity there are grassy areas rich in game, which emerged from swamps, which in turn were once created to protect the fort. Some of these swamps still exist. Otherwise , sal forests dominate .

fauna

Bengal tiger in Bandhavgarh

The best-known animal species in the park is the Bengal tiger , of which almost 50 animals lived in the park in 1997. The big cats are not shy and can be observed particularly well here.

A white tiger was caught in this area in 1957, and its offspring can be seen in zoos and circuses around the world. Other predatory species in the area are leopard , striped hyena , sloth bear , wild dog , reed cat , golden jackal , spotted musang and Indian mongoose . The large herbivores by sambar , spotted deer , Indian muntjac , moschiola , four-horn antelope , Indian gazelle , nilgai and wild boar represented. Among the mammals, the Indian pangolin and the langur should also be mentioned. There are also around 200 species of birds in the park.

In 1995 there was still a remnant of the Gaur in the park , but the huge wild cattle disappeared for unknown reasons in the following years. Meanwhile the Gaur has been resettled in the park. In 2011, 19 animals and in 2012 31 animals were brought from Kanha National Park to Bandhavgarh.

Web links

Commons : Bandhavgarh National Park  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Sunjoy Monga: Wildlife Reserves of India. India Book House (July 2003). ISBN 8175083255 .
2. ↑ Wild Stories in Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung on September 6, 2015, page 63
3. ↑ IUCN Asian Wild Cattle Specialist Group (AWCSG): Reintroduction of Gaur (Bos gaurus) in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, Central India  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.