WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES

(ASSIGNMENT # 02 SEMESTER FALL - 2019)

Submission Date (December 9, 2019)
BY
MUHAMMAD USMAN
16241514-086
ZOO- 319 ( Wildlife)
BS-VII (B)
Submitted To
Sir Abdul Razaq
Department Of Zoology

UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT

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Table of Contents
Introduction to Wildlife Sanctuaries......................................................................................................4

I. Keti Bunder North Wildlife Sanctuary..........................................................................................6

1) Location.....................................................................................................................................6

2) Area Covered.............................................................................................................................6

3) Habitat of Wildlife Sanctuary....................................................................................................6

4) Wildlife......................................................................................................................................6

II. Keti Bunder South Wildlife Sanctuary..........................................................................................6

1) Location.....................................................................................................................................6

2) Area Covered.............................................................................................................................6

3) Habitat of Wildlife Sanctuary....................................................................................................6

4) Wildlife......................................................................................................................................6

III. Kinijhar Lake (Kalri) Wildlife Sanctuary..................................................................................7

1) Location.....................................................................................................................................7

2) Area Covered.............................................................................................................................7

3) Habitat of Wildlife Sanctuary....................................................................................................7

4) Wildlife......................................................................................................................................7

IV. Khat Dhoro Wildlife Sanctuary.................................................................................................7

1) Location.....................................................................................................................................7

2) Area Covered.............................................................................................................................7

3) Habitat of Wildlife Sanctuary....................................................................................................7

4) Wildlife......................................................................................................................................7

V. Kot Dinghano Wildlife Sanctuary..................................................................................................8

1) Location.....................................................................................................................................8

2) Area Covered.............................................................................................................................8

3) Habitat of Wildlife Sanctuary....................................................................................................8

4) Wildlife......................................................................................................................................8

VI. Khadi Wildlife Sanctuary..........................................................................................................8

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 1) Location.....................................................................................................................................8

2) Area Covered.............................................................................................................................8

3) Habitat of Wildlife Sanctuary....................................................................................................8

4) Wildlife......................................................................................................................................8

VII. Lakhat Wildlife Sanctuary.........................................................................................................8

1) Location.....................................................................................................................................8

2) Area Covered.............................................................................................................................8

3) Habitat of Wildlife Sanctuary....................................................................................................9

4) Wildlife......................................................................................................................................9

References...........................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction to Wildlife Sanctuaries

A wildlife sanctuary is an area covered by the government. This side set aside by the
special notification in the official gazette, as an undistributed Breeding ground for the
protections of wildlife from their disasters. Public is prohibited to the sanctuary. Exploration
of forest in the sanctuary is not permissible except for reducing fire hazards, epidemics,
insects attacks or other natural calamities.

The following rules are also prohibited in the wildlife sanctuaries:

I. Entry or Residence
II. Land Cultivation
III. Damaging or Destructing Vegetation
IV. Hunting & Killing
V. Capturing of any wild animal
VI. Firing inside the sanctuary
VII. Introduction of any exotic species
VIII. Polluting the water flowing in Sanctuary.

There are total 99 wildlife sanctuaries in Pakistan. There are 35 wildlife sanctuaries in Sindh
province. Here there are seven are given below in detail:

I. Keti Bunder North Wildlife Sanctuary

II. Keti Bunder South Wildlife Sanctuary
III. Khadi Wildlife Sanctuary
IV. Khat Dhoro Wildlife Sanctuary
V. Kinijhar Lake Wildlife Sanctuary
VI. Kot Dinghano Wildlife Sanctuary
VII. Lakhat Wildlife Sanctuary

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FIG# 01 WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES OF SINDH PROVINCE

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 I. Keti Bunder North Wildlife Sanctuary

1) Location

Its is situated at Thatta District in Sindh, Pakistan in 1977.

2) Area Covered

Keti Bunder North wildlife sanctuary covered an area of 8948 ha.

3) Habitat of Wildlife Sanctuary

Keti Bunder North wildlife sanctuary have wetland and also have mangrove habitat.

4) Wildlife

There are 33 genera and 21 families of birds are recorded. There are 4280 birds were
recorded here. Abundant species includes Little Egret, Cattle Egret, Greater Egret, Flamingo,
and common Coot. Some winter visitor and summer breeder includes are Herons, Egrets,
Waders, Pelicans and Raptors. Mammals includes Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus),
Indian wild bear (Sus scrofa), Indian porcupines (Manis crassicaudatu) & Reptiles includes
Sea Snakes, Vipers, Cobras and Lizards.

II. Keti Bunder South Wildlife Sanctuary

1) Location

It is situated at Thatta District in Sindh, Pakistan in 1977.

2) Area Covered

Keti Bunder South wildlife sanctuary covered an area of 23046 ha.

3) Habitat of Wildlife Sanctuary

Keti Bunder South wildlife sanctuary have wetland & also have mangrove forest
habitat.

4) Wildlife

Keti Bunder south is mainly for the water birds. About 50000 birds in the Migratory
Season has been recorded from this area in the past. The Birds includes are Pelicans, Egrets
and waders etc. Among the terrestrial mammals includes wild boar, Asiatic jackal. Among

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marine mammals Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncates), Hump-backed dolphin (Sousa
chinensis), Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis), Spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris) &
Finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides)

III. Kinijhar Lake (Kalri) Wildlife Sanctuary

1) Location

Its is situated at Thatta District in Sindh, Pakistan in 1977. This lake was declared as a
Game Sanctuary in 1971 and designated as a Wildlife Sanctuary in 1977.

2) Area Covered

Kinijhar Lake wildlife sanctuary covered an area of 13468 ha.

3) Habitat of Wildlife Sanctuary

Kinijhar Lake wildlife sanctuary have wetland habitat.

4) Wildlife

This lake is internationally play an important role for the wide variety of breeding,
staging, passage and wintering water birds. The wintering birds includes duck, geese,
shorebirds, flamingo, cormorants, herons and egrets, ibises, coots & gulls etc. The breeding
birds reported from the wetlands are Cotton Teal, Night Herons, Pheasant tailed Jacana and
Purple Moorhen. About 100000 birds have been recorded from this wetland in winter.

IV. Khat Dhoro Wildlife Sanctuary

1) Location

It is situated at Larkana in Sindh, Pakistan in 1977.

2) Area Covered

Khat Dhoro wildlife sanctuary covered an area of 11 ha.

3) Habitat of Wildlife Sanctuary

Khat Dhoro wildlife sanctuary have wetland habitat.

4) Wildlife

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 V. Kot Dinghano Wildlife Sanctuary

1) Location

It is situated at Shaheed Benzerabad, Sindh Pakistan in 1977.

2) Area Covered

Kot Dinghano wildlife sanctuary covered an area of 30 ha.

3) Habitat of Wildlife Sanctuary

Kot Dinghano wildlife sanctuary have wetland habitat.

4) Wildlife

VI. Khadi Wildlife Sanctuary

1) Location

It is situated at Thatta District in Sindh, Pakistan in 1977.

2) Area Covered

Khadi wildlife sanctuary covered an are of 81 ha.

3) Habitat of Wildlife Sanctuary

Khadi wildlife sanctuary have wetland habitat.

4) Wildlife

VII. Lakhat Wildlife Sanctuary

1) Location

It is situated at Shaheed Benzerabad in Sindh, Pakistan in 1977.

2) Area Covered

Lakhat wildlife sanctuary covered an area of 101 ha.

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3) Habitat of Wildlife Sanctuary

Lakhat wildlife sanctuary have wetland habitat.

4) Wildlife

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References

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