Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary
- Integrity Education, Delhi
- 29, Jun 2021
Why in news: Wildlife specialists have the first photographic evidence of a tiger inhabiting the 26.22 sq. km Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary
- The Sanctuary lies in Assam’s Baksa and Udalguri districts bordering Bhutan.
- This sanctuary is named after the river Bornadi
- The sanctuary was established in 1980 to protect the hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus) and pigmy hog
- This small habitat is well connected to a corridor between the Royal Manas National Park and the Jomotshakngkha Wildlife Sanctuary