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This remained the status quo for many years to follow. Then what happened was an epoch making event in the Conservation History of Bandipur Wildlife Sanctuary. Project Tiger was launched by the Indian government in the year 1973 with a view to protecting the endangered tiger. Bandipur Tiger Reserve was one amongst the nine tiger reserves which were created then.
It was formed after inclusion of the Venugopala Wild Life Park and integral parts of the Bandipur Forest Reserve and named Bandipur National Park. The forests which form a part of the Bandipur Forest Reserve are notified reserved forests. They were notified even before independence that is in the first half of the nineteenth century itself.
In the year 1985, a notification was issued for the proposed Bandipur National Park. It is rather unfortunate that the notification is still pending else that would have been even yet another important landmark in the Conservation History of Bandipur Wildlife Sanctuary.
Census
| Animal |
1991 |
1993 |
1995 |
1997 |
| Tiger |
58 |
66 |
74 |
75 |
| Panther |
51 |
81 |
86 |
88 |
| Elephant |
1107 |
2214 |
2214 |
3471 |
| Gaur |
1097 |
1373 |
1373 |
2427 |
| Wild Dog |
148 |
181 |
181 |
-- |
| Spotted Deer |
3333 |
5858 |
5858 |
8204 |
| Sambar |
706 |
1196 |
1196 |
2386 |
| Sloth Bear |
51 |
66 |
66 |
-- |
| Four Horned Antelope |
14 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Common Langur |
1468 |
1751 |
1751 |
-- |
| Wild Boar |
148 |
181 |
181 |
-- |
| Barking Deer |
72 |
131 |
131 |
-- |
| Mouse Deer |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Chital |
-- |
-- |
-- |
8204 |
| Porcupine |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Indian Holiday provides detailed information on the Conservation History of Bandipur Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka and offers on-line booking for tours to the Bandipur Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka.
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