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Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary and Tiger Reserve
- 27 Mar 2025
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Karnataka has proposed a “soft-release” strategy to manage the escalating human-elephant conflict in Hassan, Chikkamagaluru, and Kodagu districts by gradually rehabilitating captured elephants into the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary (BWS).
- Soft-Release Strategy: Elephants will stay in a 20 sq. km enclosure for acclimatization and health checks before their phased release at four designated sites in BWS.
- Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary: Named after the Bhadra River, it is also known as Muthodi Wildlife Sanctuary.
- It is a Project Tiger reserve, and hosts diverse forests, including Southern Moist Mixed Deciduous Forests, Dry Deciduous Forests, and Shola Forests.
- It also houses the Jagara Giant, Karnataka’s largest 400-year-old teak tree.
- BWS hosts diverse fauna, including tigers, leopards, dholes, gaurs, deer, and elephants. It shelters 250+ bird species like Hornbills, Malabar Trogon, and Hill Myna, many endemic to the Western Ghats.
- The sanctuary currently hosts around 450 elephants, forest officials estimate it can accommodate 200 more elephants.
- It is a Project Tiger reserve, and hosts diverse forests, including Southern Moist Mixed Deciduous Forests, Dry Deciduous Forests, and Shola Forests.
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