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Mysuru zoo’s surplus deer to enrich prey base at Kali tiger reserve

Highlights

• The Kali Tiger Reserve (KTR) in Uttara Kannada district is receiving sambar deer and chital from the Mysuru zoo.
• four such sambar deer have already been translocated to the reserve’s core area, the remaining are expected to be released.
• When the species breed more than the housing capacity of zoos, such animals are called surplus animals.
• To manage such excess animals, the zoos, after proper planning, can either release them into their natural habitat or exchange them with other zoos

Kali Tiger Reserve (Anshi National Park)

• It is a protected area and tiger reserve.
• Location: Uttara Kannada district, in Karnataka
• Habitat: Bengal tigers, black panthers and Indian elephants, amongst other distinctive fauna.
• River :Kali River
• Ecoregion: North Western Ghats montane rain forests and North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests,
• Park management: Principal Chief Conservator of Forests
• Renamed: In December 2015, Dandeli Anshi Tiger reserve was renamed to Kali Tiger Reserve

Mysore Zoo

• Officially : Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens
• It is one of the oldest and most popular zoos in India
• It is also the only zoo in India to house gorillas, orangutans, white rhinos and cheetahs.

Lands under the control of Mysore Zoo

• Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, Mysore.
• Karanji Lake Nature Park, Mysore.
• Chamundi Conservation and Rehabilitation Center, Kurugahalli, Mysore