Panna National Park

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Panna National Park is a national park in the Panna district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh . It has a size of 1,406 km². The park is not managed under its official name Panna National Park, but is signposted as the "Panna Tiger Reserve".

Female tiger with cubs in Panna National Park

history

Panna National Park is the 22nd tiger reserve in India and the fifth in the state of Madhya Pradesh . The reserve is located in the Panna and Chhatarpur districts . The Panna National Park was created in 1981 and designated as a tiger reserve by the Indian state in 1994. Today's national park consists partly of areas of the Gangau wildlife sanctuary founded in 1975. The part of the forest that lies in the Pannas area and some areas of the forest in Chhatarpur were the hunting grounds of the princes of Panna , Chhatarpur and Bijawar in the past . Panna, Chhatarpur and Bijawar were princely states before they were annexed to India.

Animal species in the national park

Leopard in Panna National Park
Sambar deer in the park

The axis deer , the Indian gazelle , the sambar , the sloth bear and the rhesus monkey can be found in the national park . But also reptiles such as B. different types of snakes, u. a. Python , live in the park. In addition to these animals, there are over 200 different species of birds in the Panna National Park, including the honey buzzard , the Bar-headed Goose , bulbul , Vulture , Pink-headed parakeets , cuckoos , treeswift , racing birds , flycatchers , Laufhühnchen and Indian darters .

The Ken River flows through the sanctuary from south to north and is home to the critically endangered species of gharial and marsh crocodiles .

Male gharial

Tiger population

Panna National Park is under the auspices of the State of India's Project Tiger program . The decline in the tiger population has been reported frequently. For this reason, two female tigers were relocated from Bandhavgarh National Park and Kanha National Park in March 2009 . However, no male tiger has been sighted in the national park anymore. Apparently, poaching wiped out the entire tiger population . In June 2009 it was officially confirmed that of the 40 tigers that were counted 6 years ago in the tiger reserve, apart from the two previously released tigresses, none of them live in the national park and that the entire population has been exterminated. The Ministry for the Environment and Forests (MoEF) has approved a proposal to release two tigers under strict conditions and expects vigorous action after the "Panna Disaster".

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Panna has two tigresses , February 2009
  2. ^ Govt orders probe into missing Panna tiger Times of India, March 28, 2009
  3. ^ Panel to look into disappearance of tiger Times of India, May 9, 2009
  4. ↑ It's official: Panna reserve has no tiger The Times of India , Jun 14, 2009
  5. ↑ Center clears translocation of 4 big cats to Panna Indian Express, June 27, 2009