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Kawal Tiger Reserve
Kawal Tiger Reserve is located at Adilabad district in Telangana state of India.
The Government of India declared Kawal wildlife sanctuary as Tiger Reserve in 2012.
The Kawal wildlife sanctuary was established in 1965 and later declared as the Protected Area (PA) in 1999 under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
Flora: Dry Deciduous Teak Forests mixed with Bamboo.
Fauna: Mammal species that have been sighted include tiger, leopard, gaur, cheetal, sambar, nilgai, barking deer, chowsingha, sloth bear.
The River Kadam (a tributary of Godavari) flows through this area.
The area is increasingly getting threatened by growing human encroachments, rampant poaching, illegal wood felling and habitat loss.
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