The Amrabad Tiger Reserve
- July 17, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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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