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| Johnsingh, A.J.T.; Qureshi, Q.; Goyal, S.P. | |
| Assessment of prey populations for lion re-introduction in Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary, central India. Report submitted to Government of India and Government of Madhya Pradesh | |
| 2005 Full Book | |
Realizing that it is unwise to keep the only free-ranging population of Asiatic lions (_Panthera leo persica_) in one location (Gir forests), the Government of India made an effort to establish the second population in Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS, 96 kmę), Uttar Pradesh, in 1957. This effort, for various reasons, did not succeed. In 1993-94, with the aim of finding a second home for the lions, a team from Wildlife Institute of India (WII) surveyed three wildlife habitats in the states of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. Among the three, Kuno WLS (345 km2) was identified as the most suitable site. With assistance from the Government of India, a twenty-year project was initiated in 1995, to establish a disturbance-free habitat here for reintroducing lions. Between 1996 and 2001, twenty-four villages, with about 1547 families, have been translocated from the Sanctuary by the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department. The Madhya Pradesh Government has also demarcated a 1280 kmę Kuno Wildlife Division, encompassing the Sironi, Agra and Morawan forest ranges around the Sanctuary. |
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