KATERNIAGHAT WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
MAJOR PROBLEMS OF SANCTUARY:
1. SERIOUS MAN ANIMAL CONFLICT ZONE AT LEAST 5 TIGERS AND
15 LEOPARDS HAVE DIED AND ALSO SEVERAL PEOPLE KILLED BY BIG CATS.
2. HEAVY CATTLE GRAZING PRESSURE
3. POROUS INDO NEPAL BORDER ,HIGH POACHING AREA
4. HIGH FOREST GUARDS VACANIES.
5. MANY VILLAGES IN CRITICAL AREAS
6. ATLEAST 20 KMS OF RAILWAYS LINE PASSES THROUGH CENTRE OF THE FOREST
LEADING TO DEATH OF ATLEAST 2 TIGERS ,MORE THAN 25 CHEETALS AND
OTHER ANIMALS .
7. 40 SQ KMS AREA IS ILLEGALY OCCUPIED BY CENTRAL SEED FARM .
SOLUTIONS
1. DECLARE IT NATIONAL PARK TODAY AS IT STILL HAS 550 SQ KMS OF GOOD
FORESTS FOR LARGE MAMMALS.
2. ONLY FOREST TO HAVE 7 ENDANGERED ANIMALS---- TIGER,LEOPARD,RHINO,GHARIAL,GANGETIC DOLPHINS,WHITE BELLED VULTURE,MUGGERS.
3. ONLY PLACE IN INDIA WHERE DOLPHINS,GHARIALS,MUGGERS IN ONE PARTICULAR FORESTS.
4. CONFIRMED REPORTS OF BLACK PANTHER SIGHTING
5. CONNECTING AND SECURING CORRIDORS BETWEEN DUDHWA N.P IS MUST AND FOR LONG TERM CONNECTING WITH BARDIA N.P IN NEPAL IS URGENT.
6. INCREASING FOREST STAFF IS URGENTLY REQUIRED.
