The sanctuary, protecting reserve woodland spaces in Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts, is house to 35 species of mammals, 238 species of birds, Leith’s cushy shelled turtles, easy lined otters, marsh crocodile and 4 horned antelopes, and is a natural world paradise.

Grizzled large squirrel, four-horned antelope, and Lesser Fish Eagle that are completely dependent at the Cauvery river and its riverine woodland ecosystem, also are discovered right here. Those also are red-listed and in pressing want for targeted conservation and coverage in their habitat.

The sanctuary was once notified underneath Phase 26-A of the Wild Existence (Coverage) Act, 1972, lately.

It’ll attach Cauvery North Flora and fauna Sanctuary of Tamil Nadu with the Cauvery Flora and fauna Sanctuary in neighbouring Karnataka thereby forming a big, contiguous community of secure spaces for natural world.

“This house has distinctive ecological, faunal, and floral importance and may be crucial elephant habitat in Southern India,” an professional unlock right here mentioned.

This panorama maintains additional continuity to the Nilgiri Biosphere thru Malai Mahadeshwara Flora and fauna Sanctuary, Billigiri Rangaswamy Temple (BRT) Tiger Reserve in Karnataka and Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve and Erode District. This gives enough house for the conservation of the various and wealthy biodiversity of the area.

Efforts taken to preserve tigers in BRT Tiger Reserve and Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve have created a spill-over impact and tigers have begun to occupy their conventional levels the place that they had been in the neighborhood extinct for a couple of many years. The forested spaces of the brand new sanctuary are a part of the prey base and the realm can make stronger tigers as soon as once more because it had up to now. It’ll additionally make stronger conservation of leopards and different red-listed massive carnivores.

Two necessary and massive elephant corridors specifically, the Nandimangalam-Ulibanda Hall and the Kovaipallam-Anebiddahalla Hall fall on this house.

Enhanced coverage and recovery of habitat will lend a hand in decreasing soil erosion and siltation of downstream reservoir specifically the Stanley Reservoir, the discharge mentioned.

Already, the federal government has notified Kazhuveli Fowl Sanctuary in Villupuram and Cuddalore districts, Nanjarayan Fowl Sanctuary in Tiruppur district, Kadavur Narrow Loris Sanctuary in Karur and Dindigul districts and Dugong Conservation Reserve in Palk Bay.