Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary

Kuno Wildlife

Kuno Palpur is a wildlife sanctuary in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh in Central India. It lies in North-West of Madhya Pradesh close to state border with Rajasthan. It is in news since last few years due to lion & Cheetah rehabilitation project which in underway and close to completion. Wildlife experts are continuously visiting this wildlife to study & analyze circumstances here for lions & cheetahs. So far Asiatic lions are present in Gir National Park only in India and Cheetah are not present in India. If experts will succeed in their effort then this Kuno Palpur wildlife sanctuary will register its name in Wildlife History of India.

Kuno-Palpur WLS spread over in an area of 344.686 km² is one of the most well preserved and protected areas of Madhya Pradesh. It is situated between 77º 7´ and 77º 26´ E longitudes and 25º 20´ and 25º 53´ N latitude in world map. The existing area of 344.686 km² was notified as a WLS as per Govt. of M.P. notification no. 15-8-79-X-2 dated 16.01.1981. The WLS has its headquarters at Sheopur, which is the district headquarters. The sanctuary has a vast richness and diversity of indigenous flora and fauna which represents a typical cross-section of the dry deciduous forest of the Central India.

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