Amangarh Tiger Reserve

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Amangarh Tiger Reserve
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Location	Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nearest city	Bijnor
Coordinates	29°34′00″N 78°37′00″E / 29.56667°N 78.61667°E / 29.56667; 78.61667Coordinates: 29°34′00″N 78°37′00″E / 29.56667°N 78.61667°E / 29.56667; 78.61667
Established	2012

Amangarh Tiger Reserve is a Tiger Reserve under Project Tiger in India. It is in Amangarh in Bijnor district in the state of Uttar Pradesh. It has an area of 95 km² and is one among the only three Tiger Reserves in Uttar Pradesh, the other two being Dudhwa Tiger Reserve and Pilibhit Tiger Reserve. It is home to tigers, elephants and a wide variety of other wild animals.

History[]

Amangarh Tiger Reserve was originally part of the famed Jim Corbett National Park, and after the state of Uttarakhand was carved out of Uttar Pradesh, Jim Corbett went to Uttarakhand and Amangarh remained in Uttar Pradesh. Amangarh Tiger reserve forms an extension of and buffer to Jim Corbett National Park. It was notified in 2012 as a Tiger Reserve. There was no human settlement inside this zone, hence the notification was easier.

Declaration of this zone as a Tiger Reserve would go a long way in conservation efforts in Uttar Pradesh as the area would henceforth get central funds and attention from National Tiger Conservation Authority and lead to more effective management and security of this zone.

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• Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
• Hindustantimes.com
• Ibnlive.in.com