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About Hastinapur
Sanctuary
Founded in 1986, in Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bijnore and Jyotiba Phule Nagar,
The Hastinapur Sanctuary sprawling in an area of 2073 sq. kms.
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population of the wild animals includes various species of animals
including antelope, sambhar, cheetal, blue bull, leopard, hyena, wild
cat, and different types of birds. It also houses alligators.
Hastinapur National Park is rich in faunal wealth because of the
varied types of ecological niches existing in the reserve. The main
groups occur are mammals, birds, reptiles (snakes and lizards),
amphibians (frogs & toads) butterflies and fishes, and chiefly the
invertebrate groups are, the Scorpions, Centipedes, Odonata (dragon &
damselflies), Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, etc.) Isoptera (termites) and
Lepidoptera which comprises more than 60 species. Our National Bird
Peacock is found here in abundance.
Other inhabitants include the sloth bear, jackal, wild pig and the
lesser cats- fishing cat, leopard cat, jungle cat and civet.
Hastinapur has also an abundance of birds. There are spectacular
painted storks, black and white necked storks, sarus cranes and varied
night birds of prey, ranging from the great Indian horned owl to the
jungle owlet, Colorful woodpeckers, barbets, kingfishers, minivets,
bee eaters and bulbuls flit through the forest canopy |
