Wildlife Conservation in Bandipur

A Sanctuary with 90sq. km. area was created in the Bandipur Reserve Forest in 1931. It was realized that this Sanctuary was too small for effective conservation of wildlife.

Therefore, the Venugopala Wildlife Park was constituted in 1941, extending over 800 sq. km.

The Bandipur Tiger reserve was constituted by including most of the forest area of the Venugopala Wildlife Park and its sanctum sanctorum at Bandipur, in the year 1973 and named Bandipur National Park.

All the forests included in the Reserve are reserved forests notified prior to independence. Notification for the proposed Bandipur National Park was issued in 1985. The final notification is still pending.

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