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Bengaluru to house first fenced elephant sanctuary [1]

In a first for the country, the Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) has set up a 49.5 hectare (122 acres) fenced, forested elephant sanctuary. Elephants can move about freely in the enclosure.

Publication Date: 
30/01/2015
Saswati Mukherjee [2]
Times Of India (Bangalore) [3]
Tags:
Karnataka [4], Elephant [5], Sanctuaries [6], Bannerghatta NP [7], PETA [8], People - Animal Conflicts [9], Wildlife [10]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/saswati-mukherjee
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/times-india-bangalore
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/elephant
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sanctuaries
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bannerghatta-np
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/peta
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/people-animal-conflicts
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife