Wildlife
Parks & Sanctuary In IndiaSariska
Wildlife ConservationSariska Tiger Reserve was created
in 1978. The present area of the Reserve is 866 sq. km. In the
pre-independence period, the forests within the Reserve were a part of the
erstwhile Alwar State and maintained as a hunting preserve for the royalty.
After independence, these were first notified as a Reserve wherein it was
unlawful to hunt, shoot, net, trap, snare, capture or kill any kind of wild
animals in 1955. The Reserve status was upgraded to that of a Sanctuary in
1958. Later, in view of the preservation of wild animals in a better way, a
few forest areas contiguous to the Sanctuary were also incorporated.
The
primary notification to declare part of the core as a National Park was
issued in 1982. The final notification is pending in view of the need to
relocate a few villages from the Park.