Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary:
Six elephants died of Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (HS) in Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary located in Odisha’s Kalahandi district.
- Haemorrhagic septicaemia (HS) is a disease which infects animals that come in contact with contaminated water or soil by contagious bacteria (Pasteurella multocida).
- In this disease the respiratory tract and lungs of the animals are affected, leading to severe pneumonia.
- It mainly affects water buffalo, cattle and bison with a high mortality rate in infected animals.
- Recently, around 40 buffaloes had succumbed to the infection in Odisha’s Kendrapara.
- The disease generally spreads in the period right before and after the monsoons.
Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary:
- It is spread over 175 square kilometre area in Odisha’s Kalahandi district.
- Vegetation: Dry Deciduous Forest.
- Fauna: Mammals: Elephant, Leopard, Gaur, Sambar, Barking deer, Indian wolf, Malabar giant squirrel, Pangolin, etc.
- Birds: Peacock, Hornbill, Red jungle fowl, etc.
- Reptilians: Mugger, crocodile, monitor lizard etc.
- Flora: Sal, Bija, Bamboo, medicinal plants, etc.
- Water Body: Phurlijharan waterfall is located within the sanctuary.
