Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary

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Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary or Palpur-Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary (between latitudes of 25°30’- 25°53’E & longitude of 77°07’-77°26’N) lies in the Sheopur district of north western Madhya Pradesh, a state in central India. It is about 120 kilometres from Gwalior.

An area of 344.686 square kilometres was set-aside as a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1981. Since then this has been elevated to the Kuno Wildlife Division with an additional area of 900 square kilometres as a buffer area around the Sanctuary.

[edit] Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project

Main article: Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project

To prevent the extinction of the critically endangered Asiatic Lion, the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) conducted a survey in search of a new home for the big cat, which is presently confined to a single population in the whole world in and around Gir Forest National Park in the Indian state of Gujarat. The Palpur-Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary was selected as the site to establish a second free ranging population of the lions.

The Sahariya tribe, which had lived in the area set aside for the sanctuary, were relocated, in twenty-four villages, to a place called Agraa outside the sanctuary in order to create an inviolate space for the pride.

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Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary (Webpage from the Indian Government's National Web Portal)
"Kuno: Asiatic Lion's second home in making [sic"] by Faiyaz A. Khudsar
"Translocating Asiatic Lions, India" — August 1999. Contributed by Ravi Chellam and A.J.T. Johnsingh, Wildlife Institute of India. From Re-introduction News 18, August 1999, special carnivore issue (newsletter of the Re-introduction Specialist Group of IUCN's Species Survival Commission)
"Kuno Wildlife Santuary" (re-introduction site of wild Asiatic Lions), Forest Department, State Government of Madhya Pradesh, India