The Amrabad Tiger Reserve

Subject: Economy

Context: The Amrabad Tiger Reserve is now home to largest population of tigers in Telangana, according to Annual Census Report

Concept:

The Amrabad Tiger Reserve is now home to largest population of tigers in Telangana, according to Annual Census Report,
The estimation of prey population density of spotted deer, Sambar, Nilgai, wild pigs, four-horned antelope and Chinkara, is done by Line Transect Estimation.. Spotted deer along with wild pig occupied the first place, followed by Sambar, Nilagai and Common Langur.
Amrabad Tiger Reserve lies in Nallamala hills of Telangana.
It is India’s second-largest tiger reserve,next only to Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana).
It has a large presence of the Chenchu

Water-hole census

The waterhole census method is considered more a direct census survey,
there is no estimation in this method.
We count the number of animals and their type that visit each waterhole.
Each animal needs to consume water at least once in a 24-hour period.
Hence, all the wildlife in the area will be covered through this activity.
It will help determine the concentration of wildlife species in the particular area