{"id":131208,"date":"2026-10-30T14:14:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=131208"},"modified":"2026-10-30T14:14:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:44:37","slug":"talacauvery-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/talacauvery-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><b>Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Karnataka Forest department personnel arrested \u201ceight poachers\u201d inside the Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the<\/span><b> state of Karnataka.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It borders Ranipuram<\/span><b> Hills and Kottencheri hills<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Kasaragod district of Kerala.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sanctuary is named after the birth place of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/kaveri-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>river Cauvery<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that originates from the <\/span><b>Brahmagiri peak<\/b> <b>located inside the Sanctuary.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It derives its name from the <\/span><b>source of the Cauvery river<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (tala = head).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sanctuary consists of <\/span><b>Tropical Evergreen Forests, Tropical Semi-evergreen Forests and grasslands.<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It includes Michelia champaca (Champak), Mesua (Ironwood), Diospyros (Ebony and other species), Toona ciliata (Indian mahogany), Chukrasia tabularis, Calophyllum angustifolium (Poon spar).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It mainly has Asian Elephant Elephas maximus, Tiger Panthera tigris, Leopard P. pardus, Wild Dog Cuon alpinus, Gaur Bos frontalis, Sloth Bear Melursus ursinus.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the <\/span><b>Important Bird Areas (IBA) and supports <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">species such as the Nilgiri wood pigeon, Asian fairy-bluebird, Malabar trogon and great hornbill.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/india\/karnataka\/eight-poachers-arrested-from-talacauvery-wildlife-sanctuary-4199126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the state of Karnataka. 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