INFORMATION PROVIDED BY: CHITINENI VAMSHI RAO (KARIMNAGAR)
Shivaram Wildlife Sanctuary
Located 10 Kms Manthani, 80 Kms from Karimnagar & 50 Kms from Mancherial is the Shivaram wildlife sanctuary. This 37 sq.Kms riverine forest mixed with teak & terminalia is home to Marsh Crocodiles of river Godavari. It also harbours Panthers, Sloth Bears, Nilgari, Black Buck, Cheetal, Python & Langoor. The undulating natural terrain adds to the beauty of the sanctuary.
Bhadra WildlifeSanctuary - situated in the western ghats comprising moist and dry deciduous forests it is a 492sq km sanctuary which is recently upgraded to a Project Tiger Reserve.
Wildlife Aware Nature Club, WANC - as it is popularly known, was established in 1990 by a few young nature lovers.
In Karnataka, the two attractive wildlife parks of Nagarhole and Bandipur, though separate entities, are part of a larger contiguous wildlife reserve that includes the Mudumalai Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu and the Wynad Reserve in Kerala.