{"id":53519,"date":"2025-07-05T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T06:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=53519"},"modified":"2025-07-05T14:17:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T08:47:49","slug":"bukkapatna-chinkara-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bukkapatna-chinkara-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Bukkapatna Chinkara Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bukkapatna Chinkara Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, 300 acres of encroached forest land was cleared in Bukkapatna Chinkara Wildlife Sanctuary.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bukkapatna Chinkara 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 Tumakuru district of <\/span><b>Karnataka.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This protected area was <\/span><b>declared as a sanctuary in 2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is dedicated for protection and conservation of the <\/span><b>Indian Gazelle<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are also known <\/span><b>as Chinkaras.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>second Chinkara (Gazelle bennetti) sanctuary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Karnataka after notifying a similar sanctuary at Yadahalli in Bagalkot district of North Karnataka in 2016.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This is a rich habitat for various species inhabiting the <\/span><b>wood savannahs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 where lot of grasses grow and are sparsely interspersed with native tree species.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Other than Chinkaras, four horned <\/span><b>antelopes, black bucks, sloth bears, leopards<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and other species inhabit this sanctuary.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The main trees found in the area are Hardwickia binata (Anjan), P. emblica of Phyllanthaceae family (Amla), Boswellia Serrata (Shallaki), Tamarindus Indica (Imli), Pterocarpus Marsupium (Bijaka), Anogeissus latifolia (Dhaura), Shoerea talura and Terminalia tementose.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/states\/karnataka\/2025\/Jul\/04\/encroached-land-in-bukkapatna-sanctuary-recovered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>NIE<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bukkapatna Chinkara Wildlife Sanctuary, located in Tumakuru district of Karnataka, is known for conserving the chinkara, also called the Indian gazelle. 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