Pilibhit Tiger Reserve:
Poachers recently killed two chitals in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) and fled after stealing a rifle from a forest guard.
- Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) is located in Pilibhit District, Lakhimpur Kheri District and Bahraich District of Uttar Pradesh.
- It lies along the India-Nepal border in the foothills of the Himalayas and the plains of the ‘terai’ in Uttar Pradesh.
- The river Gomti originates from the PTR, which is also the catchment of several others like Sharda, Chuka, and Mala Khannot.
- The Sharda Sagar Dam is on the boundary of the reserve.
- It has a dry and hot climate, which brings a combination of dry teak forest and Vindhya Mountain soils.
- It is home to a myriad of wild animals including the endangered tiger, swamp deer, Bengal florican, hog deer, leopard, etc.
- The spotted deer, or chital/cheetal is a deer species native to the Indian subcontinent.
- It is the most common deer species in Indian forests.
