Question

Name any five wildlife sanctuaries of India.

Answer 1

Hint:
Wildlife sanctuaries are made for the protection of species of birds and animals. They are administered by the government and by no private individual. It is forbidden to hunt inside a wildlife sanctuary.

Complete answer:
Kaziranga National Park- Kaziranga National Park is a famous park in India. It is located in Golaghat and Nagaon district of Assam state. Kaziranga National Park is famous for having the largest population (two-thirds) of one-horned rhinos. . This park is also called the home of the Indian tigers.

Kanha National Park- Kanha is a major national park in India. It is located in Madhya Pradesh. Kanha is famous for conservation of fauna. It is home to animals of different species. This park spreads over an area of 940 square kilometers.
The biggest feature here is the open grasslands where black buck, reindeer, sambar and chital can be seen together.

Jim Corbett National Park - Jim Corbett is called a paradise for tigers, as it has a large population of tigers. The park has various species of flora and wildlife . The park is named after a British hunter who later became a naturalist. (British hunter - 1875–1955). It is the first national park in India. It was founded in the hill state of Uttarakhand in North India in 1936. This area is spread over an area of about 1318.54 sq km.

Tadoba National Park - Tadoba is the largest and oldest national park of Maharashtra. It is also known as Tadoba Andhari tiger protected area. It is located in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra state and is about 150 km from Nagpur city. The total area of the tiger reserve is 1,727 sq km, including Tadoba National Park, which was built in the year 1955. According to the 2010 national census on tigers, there are about 43 tigers in the reserve, the highest in India.

Ranthambore National Park- Ranthambore is one of the larger parks in North India. It is located 130 km south of Jaipur and 110 km northeast of Kota in the southern district of Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan. The Government of India established Ranthambore as the Sawai Madhopur Sports Sanctuary in 1955 and was declared one of the Project Tiger Reserve later in 1973.

Note:
There is a need to conserve animals by creating wildlife sanctuaries because many species of animals are on the verge of extinction due to excessive human intervention. Here's a list of most endangered species- Horned Rhinoceros, Nilgiri Tahr, Bengal Tigers. Asiatic Lion, Black Buck