Wardha. For a few years, the incidents of death and hunting of Wildlife for various reasons have been increasing in the District, in the last year around 26 deaths of wildlife were recorded. It included 1 tiger, 7 leopards and other wild animals. In this, there was a stir in the case of tiger hunting in the Pawangaon Jhudpi Forest area of the Samudrapur forest range.
Arvi, Ashti, Kharangana, Karanja, Hingani, Wardha, Samudrapur and Talegaon Shapa have eight forest chains, in which the reserved forest area is 450.80 square km, the protected forest area is 317.28 square km and the area Jhudpi forest area is 153.40 square km. therefore, the total forest area is 921.48 square km in the district. There are 39 heartbeats and 187 fixed areas in the eight forest areas. 16.20 percent of the district is in the forest area. Along with the bore tiger project in the district, dense forest is spread in many parts. Tiger, leopard, bear, fox, wild boar are present in the district. Predatory creatures roam, apart from this, other herbivorous wild animals are also included.
traffic accident victim
Nagpur-Hyderabad, Nagpur-Tuljapur, Nagpur-Mumbai, Nagpur-Amravati, Wardha-Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and other national and state highways pass through Wardha district. Wildlife is a victim of accidents even while crossing the roads. Some such incidents also occurred in the district. Apart from this, cases of hunting of wildlife by humans have also come to light. In summer, wildlife roams in search of water, taking advantage of this fact, hunters ambush near ponds and bodies of water.
Nilgai, deer also died
In the district, from April 2022 to March 2023, about 26 wild animals have died for various reasons this year, including 1 tiger, 7 leopards, 6 nilgai, 2 deer, 1 wild boar, 1 scaly cat, 1 stork, 1 iguana, 1 peacock fox, wild rabbit, crawling creatures are also included.
The Forestry Department is making the remediation plan
The forest department is planning the necessary measures to stop the hunting of wildlife and prevent their death in accidents. During the summer, the wildlife go to the villages for water, many times they die due to fires. To save them, the Forest Department is paying special attention. attention during the summer.
