Bandhavgarh-Nationalpark
The Bandhavgarh National Park is a national park in Madhya Pradesh in India. It covers an area of about 480 square kilometers and is located about 300 km south of Khajuraho in the Vindhya mountains. The park is considered to observe wildlife tiger as one of the most reliable place.
History
Bandhavgarh was hunting ground of the Maharajas of Rewa. Preferred prey was the majestic tiger. In the early 1960s, when the forests of the region suffered from heavy poaching, an area of approximately 105 km ² by the Maharaja Martand Singh was placed under protection. The protected area was further enlarged starting from this core zone and declared a National Park, which covered about 448 km ² in 1982. Today, the park is one of the best managed protected areas, the local population must be involved.
Description
The hilly landscape is dominated by a plateau where once stood the fort of the Maharajas. In the immediate vicinity there are wild grass rich areas that have emerged from swamps, which in turn were once created to protect the fort. Some of these swamps still exist. Moreover dominate Salwälder.
Fauna
The best-known species of the park is the Bengal tiger, of the nearly 50 animals in the park were living in 1997. The big cats are not shy and can be observed particularly well here. In this area, a white tiger was caught in 1957, whose descendants are to be seen in zoos and circuses around the world. Other carnivore species of the area are about Leopard, striped hyena, sloth bear, wild dog, jungle cat, golden jackal, Civet and Indian mongoose. The large herbivores are represented by sambar, Axishirsche, Indian muntjac, stain Kant Chile, Four horn antelope, chinkara gazelle, nilgai, and wild boar. Among the mammals are still the Indian pangolin and the Langur mentioned. In addition, about 200 bird species in the park occur.
In 1995, the park still a residual amount of Gaurs ago, but disappeared the huge wild cattle for unknown reasons in the following years. Meanwhile, the gaur was reintroduced in the park. In 2011, 19 animals and 31 animals in 2012 were brought from Kanha National Park to Bandhavgarh.