Kaziranga National Park is one of India’s oldest reserve areas.
It is located in Golaghat and Nagaon, in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam in northeast India.
The park is administered by the forest department of the Assam State Government.
History of Kaziranga National Park
Mary Curzon took the initiative to declare the area ‘protected’, with her husband Lord Curzon after she failed to spot a single rhinoceros in the area.
The park also has elephants, swamp deer, wild water buffalo, etc.
It also has a wide range of flora.
It also has 15 threatened species of fauna.
It is also a breeding ground for many species of big cats like leopards and Bengal tigers.
It also has many species of birds and is designated as an ‘Important Bird Area’ by Birdlife International.
The park has about 2413 rhinos.
In March 2020, Kaziranga National Park was selected as one among the 17 Iconic Tourist Sites of the country by the Indian Government.
The National Highway 37 passes through the Park.
The Kaziranga National Park has 250 plus seasonal water bodies, besides the Diphlu River running through it.
Tiger Conservation in India.
Important Species Found in the Kaziranga National Park
Much of the focus of conservation efforts in Kaziranga are focused on the ‘big four’ species— Rhino, Elephant, Royal Bengal tiger and Asiatic water buffalo.
The 2018 census had yielded 2,413 rhinos and approximately 1,100 elephants.
As per the figures of tiger census conducted in 2014, Kaziranga had an estimated 103 tigers, the third-highest population in India after Jim Corbett National Park (215) in Uttarakhand and Bandipur National Park (120) in Karnataka.
Kaziranga is home to 9 of the 14 species of primates found in the Indian subcontinent.
It is the home of the world’s most one-horned rhinos.
Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary has the highest density of one-horned rhinos in the world and second-highest number of Rhinos in Assam after Kaziranga National Park.
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