Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary : Welcomed a New Batch Of Animals
The Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary of Tripura recently welcomed a new batch of animals, which include two Royal Bengal tigers, two leopards, four golden pigeons, a silver pigeon, two peafowls, and four hill mynas.
- Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary (SWL) is located around 25 km from Agartala, Tripura.
- To conserve and propagate the biodiversity of the area, the Sepahijala bio-complex came into existence in 1972.
- With the addition of a botanical garden, a deer park, and a zoo, the bio-complex was subsequently attributed to the status of Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary in early 1987.
- It is spread over 18.5 sq. km and is home to migratory birds and animals.
- The wildlife sanctuary is divided into five sections, basically to segregate the different types of animals living here.
- They are the carnivore section, primate section, ungulate section, reptile section, and aviary section.
- It also has two natural lakes, namely Abasarika and Amrit Sagar.
- Clouded Leopard National Park, established in 2007, is a part of SWL.
- The sanctuary has no less than 456 plant species; many kinds of bamboo and a variety of grasses and medicinal plants also grow in the sanctuary.
