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Recently, the Union minister of state for environment, forests and climate change said the second tiger reserve in Bihar would be set up in Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary.
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After Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR), Bihar will soon get the second Tiger Reserve in Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary
About Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary
- The Sanctuary is located in Kaimur District of Bihar, near the town of Bhabua.
- It is the largest sanctuary in the state of Bihar.
Credit: DTE - This Sanctuary located in the Kaimur Range. In the valley portions there are several waterfalls of which the finest are Karkat Waterfall and Telhar.
- The main animals found at Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary are Bengal tigers, Indian leopards, Indian boars, sloth bears, sambar deers, chitals, four-horned antelope and nilgais.
- Birds such as the lesser white-fronted goose, ferruginous duck, Baer’s pochard duck and lesser adjutant, greater adjutant, black-necked stork, and Asian openbill stork migrate from Central Asia to the park during winter.
- The Kaimur forests are connected to forests in the neighbouring states of Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Source: TOI
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