Mehrano Wildlife Sanctuary
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Map showing the location of Mehrano Wildlife Sanctuary
Map showing the location of Mehrano Wildlife Sanctuary
LocationKot Diji, Khairpur District
Coordinates27°38′00″N 68°40′00″E / 27.6333°N 68.6667°E / 27.6333; 68.6667
Area700 acres (280 ha)[1]
Max. elevation188 feet
Created1790
Named forMehran Sindh

Mehrano Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Khairpur District of Pakistan province of Sindh an enhanced riverine forest privately preserved by the Talpur Mir royal family of Khairpur Princely state with endorsement by the Sindh wildlife department. It comprises agricultural land, forest, and hunting area and is home to various flora and fauna.[2]

Mehrano Forest is home to approximately 4,000 big game animals, including blackbuck, Indian gazelle, hog deer, wild boar.[3][4][5] Additionally the forest lake boasts resident and migratory birds from Siberia and Europe. There is a reserved place for tourists to see wild boars. Mir Ali Murad Khan Talpur II, head of the royal house, has forbidden all hunting except of the jackal and an annual culling of wild boars which become a mortal threat to adjacent farmers and their families when boar populations become too large for the forest to hold. The Mehrano reserve shares its boundary with the Cholistan desert.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Mehrano a Wildlife Refuge in Khairpur Sindh". 2 June 2021.
  2. ↑ Shaikh, Abubaker (October 11, 2022). "'مہرانو': شکار گاہ سے پناہ گاہ تک کا سفر". Dawn News Television.
  3. ↑ Rina Saeed. "Mehrano: A Forest Fit for a Prince". Wildlife of Pakistan. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Farooq Soomro (March 7, 2016). "Khairpur's unexplored marvels". DAWN. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "The date palm orchards of Khairpur". PT. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Munira Abbas, Essa Malik (January 24, 2015). "Discovering Sindh". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 22 January 2016.


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