Profile of the Area
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The Northern part of the state in Panchkula, Ambala and Yamunanagar districts fall in this category. The general topography of the region is undulating to steep hilly slopes with loose geological formation. 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 areas has reduced. 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 LIST OF NATIONAL PARK AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES Sr. National Park/ Tahsil/ Wild animals Area No. Wildlife Sanctuary. District which are found. (in acres) National Park 1. Sultanpur National Park, Water birds. 359.51 Gurgaon 2. Kalesar National Park Yamuna Nagar As at No 9 below 11570 (A) Wildlife Sanctuary 1. Bhindawas Wildlife Jhajjar Water birds, Black buck, 1016.94 Sanctuary. Blue bull, Black & brown Partridges. 2. Nahar Wildlife Kosli Black buck, Blue (Rewari) 522.25 Sanctuary. bull, Black & Brown Partridges. 3. Chhilchhila Wildlife Kaithal Water birds. 71.45 Sanctuary. 4. Bir Shikargah Wildlife Kalka Chital, Wild boar, 1896.00 Sanctuary. (Panchkula) and Red Jungle Fowls 5. Abubshehar Wildlife Dabwali Blue bull, Partridges 28492.00 Sanctuary. (Sirsa) and Black buck. 6. Saraswati Plantation Guhla-Cheeka Black buck, Hog Kaithal/ 11003.00 Wildlife Sanctuary. Kurukshetra deer and Wild boar. 7. Khaparwas Wildlife Jhajjar Water birds. 204.36 Sanctuary. 8. Bir Bara Ban Jind Jind Blue bull, Monkeys, Hare, 1036.00 Wildlife Sanctuary. Black & brown Partridges. 9. Kalesar Wildlife Chhachhrauli Leopard, Bear, Chital, 24431.65 Sanctuary. (Yamunanagar) Sambhar, Wild Goat, deer, Wild bore Baking & Red Jungle fowl. 10 Berwala-Mandhana Panchkula As above 5501.88 (Declared) 6563.91 (Notified under section –18) 321 Even Kaleej pheasant was bred and released. The efforts to breed Cheer pheasant and Chakore have not succeeded for various reasons. ( b) At Bhaur Saidan, breeding of crocodiles was started earlier. Now there are a large number of crocodiles in the lake which are facing the problem of over population. (c) Chinkara Breeding Centre at Kairu is a 58 acres fenced area in village Kairu in Bhiwani District. The animals here are in their near natural environment, and for all practical purposes this can be called as in-situ conservation effort. (d) There are two zoos in the state, one at Rohtak and the another at Pipli. Both these zoos are small and as per Central Zoo Authority guidelines fall in the category of mini zoos. Although they serve the local population, their role as conservation centres is only limited. 322 323 324 .