Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
Manas is located in the Himalayan foothills. The park is densly forested. The Manas river is the main river, a major tributary of Brahmaputra river.The fauna of the park includes Tigers, Elephants, Rhinoceros, Wild Buffaloes, Leopards, Clouded Leopards Black Panthers, Gaurs, Swamp Deer, Capped Langurs, Golden Langurs, Assamese Macaques, Slow Loris, Hoolock Gibbons, Smooth Indian Otters, Sloth Bears, Barking Deer, Hog Deer, Sambar and Chital. It is also well known for its rare and endangered wildlife which is not found anywhere else in the world like the Assam Roofed Turtle, Hispid Hare, Golden Langur and Pygmy Hog.
In 1992, UNESCO declares it as a world heritage site in danger due to heavy poaching and terrorist activities.
Tiger habitat . Rhino habitat . Turtles and tortoises .
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- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
- Year: 1985
- Country: India
- Category: Wildlife habitat, Fauna
- In Danger
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News and links:
» Two male rhinos released in Manas (14-04-2008).
» A four-member team of UNESCO`s World Heritage Committee recently visited the Manas National Park, and expressed satisfaction with the measures taken by the forest department to strengthen infrastructure and security measures there. (21-02-2008).
» The picturesque Manas National Park, currently on the recovery path after a decade-long turmoil in the 1990s, is desperately hoping to get back the World Heritage Site tag. The decade of social unrest during the height of the Bodoland movement caused substantial damage to its infrastructure besides taking a heavy toll on the wildlife. (21-11-2007).
» Manas regaining lost ground, says survey - Recent assessment recommends restoring heritage site status to national park (02-04-2007).