{"id":81205,"date":"2026-01-06T12:08:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T06:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=81205"},"modified":"2026-01-06T13:48:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T08:18:42","slug":"dnyanganga-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/dnyanganga-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Dnyanganga Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Dnyanganga Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A tiger cub identified as PKT7CP1, rescued three years ago, has been recently sent to Dnyanganga Wildlife Sanctuary in Maharashtra&#8217;s Buldhana district for rewilding.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Dnyanganga Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the Buldhana district of <\/span><b>Maharashtra, near the Dnyanganga River.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mtr-indian-geo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Melghat Tiger Reserve<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spanning around 205 sq.km., the sanctuary <\/span><b>features two lakes.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Th\u0435 sanctuary is <\/span><b>bord\u0435r\u0435d by<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> th\u0435 sc\u0435nic hills of th\u0435 <\/span><b>W\u0435st\u0435rn Ghats,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is a UNESCO World H\u0435ritag\u0435 Sit\u0435.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The terrain is undulating, interspersed with hillocks having gentle slopes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a very <\/span><b>extreme climate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; the <\/span><b>winters <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are <\/span><b>very cold, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">whereas the <\/span><b>summers are very hot.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Flora<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The forest area is <\/span><b>Southern tropical dry deciduous forest, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">consisting mainly of <\/span><b>Teak and Anjan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Fauna<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sanctuary is home to diverse wildlife, including<\/span><b> leopards, sloth bears, barking deer, blue bulls<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (nilgai), spotted deer, hyenas, jungle cats, jackals, and <\/span><b>occasionally tigers.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over <\/span><b>150 bird species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also inhabit the area.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devdiscourse.com\/article\/science-environment\/3749525-tiger-rewilding-efforts-in-maharashtra-a-new-home-for-rescued-felines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DEVD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dnyanganga Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra, near the Dnyanganga River. 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