{"id":78650,"date":"2025-12-19T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=78650"},"modified":"2025-12-20T13:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T08:02:10","slug":"kheoni-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kheoni-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Kheoni Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Kheoni Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the forest department officially recorded sightings of two Wild Dogs (Dholes) in Kheoni wildlife sanctuary.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Kheoni 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<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">located in the state of <\/span><b>Madhya Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is joined through <\/span><b>the Ratapani Tiger Reserve<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> corridors with.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The sanctuary\u2019s habitat consists of <\/span><b>dry deciduous forests.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its wildlife includes jackals, palm civets, Leopards, Sloth bears, Hyenas, Nilgai, and many bird species.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Teak, Tendu, Bamboo, Kusum, Kanak Champa, Ber, Karanj, Kaim, Kadamb etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Dhole<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a wild canid <\/span><b>carnivorous species.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Other Names:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Indian wild dog, whistling dog, red wolf, red dog and mountain wolf.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 Dholes are animals that <\/span><b>inhabit dense jungles, steppes, mountains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, scrub forests, and pine forests.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Distribution of Asiatic Wild Dog<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are found throughout <\/span><b>Central, Eastern Asia and Southeastern Asia.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In India, the Western and Eastern Ghats is a stronghold region for dholes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Conservation status of Asiatic Wild Dog<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>IUCN Red List:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Endangered<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>CITES:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Appendix II<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Wildlife Protection Act 1972:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Schedule II.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/indore\/rare-dholes-spotted-at-kheoni-wildlife-sanctuary\/articleshow\/126064013.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kheoni Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the state of Madhya Pradesh. 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