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Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary
Kawal Tiger Reserve is a nature preserve located at Jannaram mandal of Mancherial District (Old Adilabad district) in the Telangana state of India. The government of India declared Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary to be a Tiger Reserve in 2012. The reserve is the oldest sanctuary in the northern Telangana region of the state. It is well known for its abundant flora and fauna. This sanctuary is catchment for the rivers Godavari and Kadam, which flow towards the south of the sanctuary. History The KWS was established in 1965 and later declared as a Protected Area (PA) in 1999 under the WPA, 1972. Tiger reserve status It was listed as a tiger reserve in April 2012. Due to this status, it was developed as a tiger habitat with the release of 150 cheetals as a prey population. To reduce poaching, new checkposts have been created. Traditional sources of water were improved. Location Mancherial district is situated between 18.8756° N, 79.4591° E. It is surrounded by Adilabad and Komuram B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawal Tiger Reserve
Kawal may refer to: Places * Kawal, Uttar Pradesh, a village in India * Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary, in Telangana, India People * Kawal Rhode, English biomedical engineer * Kawal Sharma Kawal Sharma is an Indian film director and Film producer, producer who works in Bollywood, Hindi films. Selected filmography * ''Heeralal Pannalal (1999 film), Heeralal Pannalal (1999) (as director)'' * ''Namak (film), Namak (1996) (as director ... (born 1959), Indian film director * Kawal (wrestler) (born 1979), American professional wrestler * Ed Kawal (1909–1960), American football player Other uses * ''Kawal'' (food), a Sudanese fermented food {{disambiguation, hn, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poaching
Poaching has been defined as the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights. Poaching was once performed by impoverished peasants for subsistence purposes and to supplement meager diets. It was set against the hunting privileges of nobility and territorial rulers. Since the 1980s, the term "poaching" has also been used to refer to the illegal harvesting of wild plant species. In agricultural terms, the term 'poaching' is also applied to the loss of soils or grass by the damaging action of feet of livestock, which can affect availability of productive land, water pollution through increased runoff and welfare issues for cattle. Stealing livestock as in cattle raiding classifies as theft, not as poaching. The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 15 enshrines the sustainable use of all wildlife. It targets the taking of action on dealing with poaching and trafficking of protected species of flora and fauna to ensure their avail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
