Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary or Palpur-Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary (between latitudes of 25°30’- 25°53’E & longitude of 77°07’-77°26’N) lies in the Sheopur district of north western Madhya Pradesh, a state in central India. It is about 120 kilometres from Gwalior. Sheopur district is one of the districts of Madhya Pradesh state of India. ... , Madhya Pradesh (abbreviated as MP)   (HindÄ«: मध्य प्रदेश, English: , IPA: ), often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. ... “km” redirects here. ... , Gwalior   is a city in Madhya Pradesh in India. ...

An area of 344,686 square kilometres was set aside as a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1981. Since then this has been elevated to the Kuno Wildlife Division with an additional area of 900 square kilometres as a buffer area around the Sanctuary. The park is home to many species of wild animals including wolves, monkeys, leopards and nilgai and possibly a few remaining Bengal Tigers. Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... Wolves may refer to: Gray Wolf Other uses of Wolf: see Wolf (disambiguation) Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Category: ... For the TV show Monkey see Monkey (TV series) Cynomolgus Monkey at Batu Caves, Malaysia A monkey is any member of two of the three groupings of simian primates. ... This page is about the animal. ... Binomial name Boselaphus tragocamelus Pall. ... Trinomial name Panthera tigris tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) The Bengal Tiger or Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is a subspecies of tiger primarily found in India, Bangladesh and also in Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and in southern Tibet. ...

Currently the Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project is underway. The lions are to be reintroduced from Gir Wildlife Sanctuary in the neighboring Indian state of Gujarat where they are currently located. This has involved the displacement of twenty four villages of the Sahariya tribe, which had lived in the remote core area set aside for the reintroduction of the Asiatic lions, who agreed to move out.^[1] Now Feral cattle also roam the sanctuary, left behind by the relocated Sahariya tribal herders. The cattle are intended to serve as buffer prey for Asiatic Lions until wild prey populations are revived.^[2] The Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project is an effort to save the last Asiatic lions from extinction in the wild. ... The Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (also known as Sasan-Gir and गिर वन) is the sole home of the pure Asiatic Lions (Panthera leo persica). ... This article is for the Indian state. ... A feral horse (an American mustang) in Wyoming A feral animal or plant is one that has escaped from domestication and returned, partly or wholly, to its wild state. ... For general information about the genus, including other species of cattle, see Bos. ... Trinomial name Panthera leo persica Meyer, 1826 Current distribution of the Asiatic Lion in the wild Synonyms Leo leo goojratensis (India) Leo leo persicus (Persia) The Asiatic Lion (Panthera leo persica; also known as Indian Lion) is a subspecies of the lion found only in India. ...

Wildlife Institute of India researchers confirmed that the Palpur-Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary is the most promising location to re-establish a free ranging population of the Asiatic lions and certified it ready to receive it's first batch of translocated lions^[3] from Gir Wildlife Sanctuary. Asiatic lion prides require large territories but there is limited space at Gir wildlife sanctuary ^[2]

The Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary was selected as the reintroduction site for critically endangered Asiatic lion because it is in the former range of the lions before it was hunted into extinction in about 1873.^[4] It was selected following stringent international criteria and internationally accepted requirements & guidelines developed by IUCN/SSC Reintroduction Specialist Group^[5] and IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group^[6] which are followed before any reintroduction attempt anywhere in the world. Reintroduction is the deliberate release of animals from captivity into the wild. ... An endangered species is a species whose population is so small that it is in danger of becoming extinct. ...

Nonetheless, there are concerns that transferring some Asiatic lions from Gir Forest National Park to Kuno would lead to high mortality in the new park as it would be an environment that the lions are not accustomed to. Furthermore, Kuno faces major problems with poaching, which is likely to threaten any animals transferred from Gir. At present transferring the Asiatic lion from Gir to Kuno appears to be a political move by the Congress Party led coalition to appeal to constituencies in Madhya Pradesh and the ruling political party there. The Gir Forest National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (also known as Sasan-Gir) is the sole home of the pure Asiatic Lions (Panthera leo persica). ...

See also

• In-situ conservation
• Ex-situ conservation
• List of Protected areas in India
• Wildlife conservation
• World Conservation Union (IUCN)

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References

External links

• Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary (Webpage from the Indian Government's National Web Portal)
• "Kuno: Asiatic Lion's second home in making [sic"] by Faiyaz A. Khudsar
• "Translocating Asiatic Lions, India" — August 1999. Contributed by Ravi Chellam and A.J.T. Johnsingh, Wildlife Institute of India. From Re-introduction News 18, August 1999, special carnivore issue (newsletter of the Re-introduction Specialist Group of IUCN's Species Survival Commission)
• "Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary" (re-introduction site of wild Asiatic Lions), Forest Department, State Government of Madhya Pradesh, India