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Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary or Palpur-Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary (between latitudes of 25°30'- 25°53'N & longitude of 77°07'-77°26'E) lies in the Sheopur district of north western Madhya Pradesh, a state in central India. It is about 200 kilometres from Gwalior. An area of 3,44,686 square kilometres was set aside as a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1981. Since then this has been elevated to the Kuno Wildlife Division with an additional area of 900 square kilometres as a buffer area around the Sanctuary. The park is home to many species of wild animals including wolves, monkeys, leopards and nilgai. == History == Wildlife Institute of India researchers confirmed that the Palpur-Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary is the most promising location to re-establish a free ranging population of the Asiatic lions and certified it ready to receive its first batch of translocated lions〔(Preparations for the reintroduction of Asiatic lion Panthera leo persica into Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh, India ) by A.J.T. Johnsingh, S.P. Goyal, Qamar Qureshi; Cambridge Journals Online; Oryx (2007), 41: 93-96 Cambridge University Press; Copyright 2007 Fauna & Flora International; ; Published online by Cambridge University Press 05Mar2007〕 from Gir Wildlife Sanctuary where they are highly overpopulated. There are large scale deaths in the population annually because of ever increasing competition due to animal overcrowding. Asiatic lion prides require large territories but there is limited space at Gir wildlife sanctuary, which is boxed in on all sides by heavy human habitation.〔 The Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary was selected as the reintroduction site for the endangered Asiatic lion because it is in the former range of the lions before it was hunted into extinction in about 1873.〔Ravi Chellam and A.J.T. Johnsingh (1999), (Translocating Asiatic Lions, India ) RE-INTRODUCTION NEWS No. 18, Page 11〕 It was selected following stringent international criteria and internationally accepted requirements & guidelines developed by IUCN/SSC Reintroduction Specialist Group〔IUCN/SSC Reintroduction Specialist Group's Re-introduction Guidelines: :1) (IUCN Position Statement ) on the Translocation of Living Organism. Approved by the 22nd Meeting of the IUCN Council in Gland, Switzerland on 4 September 1987. :2) (Guidelines for Re-introduction. ) Update of original Position Statement approved at the 41st Meeting of IUCN Council in May 1995〕 and IUCN/SSC Conservation Breeding Specialist Group〔IUCN/SSC (Conservation Breeding Specialist Group )〕 which are followed before any reintroduction attempt anywhere in the world. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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