Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary
Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary is the largest wildlife sanctuary of Madhya Pradesh.
It is a potential site for the Cheetah Reintroduction in India.
The forest is spread over the southern area of the Vindhya Range of hills in which the Bandhavgarh National Park and Panna National Park are also located.
Indian wolf is the keystone species of Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary.
Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary
Gandhi Sagar wildlife sanctuary situated on the northern boundary of Madhya Pradesh.
It is spread over adjoining Rajasthan.
The Chambal River passes through the sanctuary dividing it into two parts.
It is in the Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests ecoregion.
Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary
It is a National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary In Madhya Pradesh
Site for Cheetah reintroduction in India.
Eight cheetahs from Namibia introduced in Kuno in 2022.
The main predators occurring in the protected area are Indian leopard.
In the 1990s, it was selected as a possible site to implement the Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project, which aimed at establishing a second lion population in India.
Gujarat had resisted the relocation of lion, since it would make the Gir Sanctuary lose its status as the world's only home of the Asiatic lion.
Kuno Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary is underway to become India’s second home for the Asiatic lion.
One of the main tributaries of the Chambal River, the Kuno River, cuts across the whole length of the National Park division.
The Kuno has the potential to carry populations of all four of India’s big cats. The tiger, the leopard, the Asiatic lion, and also the cheetah all four of which have coexisted within the same habitats. Historically before they were exhausted by overhunting and habitat destruction.
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