{"id":17453,"date":"2026-01-29T10:23:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T04:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=17453"},"modified":"2026-01-29T13:41:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T08:11:44","slug":"shettihalli-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/shettihalli-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Shettihalli Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Shettihalli Wildlife Sanctuary\u00a0 Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the wake of the controversy surrounding the move to \u2018reduce\u2019 the boundary of Shettihalli Sanctuary in Shivamogga, the forest minister recently visited the sanctuary to understand the situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Shettihalli Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the Shimoga District of <\/span><b>Karnataka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Tunga Anicut Dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is situated within the sanctuary and provides shelter for otters and water birds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Mandagadde Bird Sanctuary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is also a part of the Shettihalli Wildlife Sanctuary.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>popular bird nesting site<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> situated <\/span><b>on an island <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the midst of the <\/span><b>Tunga River.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are a <\/span><b>large number of human settlements <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inside Shettihalli Sanctuary, mainly consisting of <\/span><b>families <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that were <\/span><b>displaced by the construction of the Sharavathi Dam in the 1960s.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is mainly covered by <\/span><b>tropical evergreen and semi-evergreen forests.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>eastern and central parts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are mostly covered by <\/span><b>dry and moist deciduous forests,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while the <\/span><b>western parts have semi-evergreen forests.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Flora and Fauna of Shettihalli Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Major tree species include <\/span><b>silver oak, teak, Indian Thorny Bamboo, Calcutta Bamboo, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asan, Tectona Grandis, Sweet Indrajao, Amla, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It houses mammals like <\/span><b>Tiger, Leopard, Wild Dog, Jackal, Gaur, Elephant<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Sloth Bear Sambar, Spotted Deer, Wild Pig, Common Langur, Bonnet Macaque, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Birds <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">include<\/span><b> Hornbills, Kingfishers, Bulbuls, Parakeets, Doves, Pigeons, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Babblers, Flycatchers, Munias, Swallows, Woodpeckers, Peafowl, Jungle fowl and Partridges.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/india\/karnataka\/forest-minister-visits-shettihalli-amid-row-over-move-to-shrink-wildlife-sanctuary-3878016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>DH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shettihalli Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Shimoga District of Karnataka. 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