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Karnataka has proposed a “soft-release” strategy to manage the escalating human-elephant conflict in Hassan, Chikkamagaluru, and Kodagu districts by gradually rehabilitating captured elephants into the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary (BWS).
Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary
It is located in the midst of the Western Ghats region of Karnataka.
Named after the Bhadra River, it is also known as Muthodi Wildlife Sanctuary.
It is surrounded by hill ranges of Mullaianagiri, Hebbegiri, Gangegiri, and Babaudangiri.
It is a Project Tiger reserve, and hosts diverse forests, including Southern Moist Mixed Deciduous Forests, Dry Deciduous Forests, and Shola Forests.
It also houses the Jagara Giant, Karnataka’s largest 400-year-old teak tree.
BWS hosts diverse fauna, including tigers, leopards, dholes, gaurs, deer, and elephants.
It shelters 250+ bird species like Hornbills, Malabar Trogon, and Hill Myna, many endemic to the Western Ghats.
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