Parambikulam Tiger reserve

April 7, 2023

Kerala High court has ordered translocation of rogue tusker Arikompan to Parambikulam reserve.
PTR is located in Palakkad district of Kerala.
It lies between Nelliampathy Hills of Kerala and Anamalai Range of Tamil Nadu within a cluster of Protected Areas.
It was declared as Tiger Reserve during 2008-09.
The reserve is credited with the first scientifically managed teak plantation in the world which was later merged with the forest land.
It has the one of the world’s largest and oldest teak tree named “Kannimara“.
Flora: Evergreen, semi-evergreen, moist deciduous, dry deciduous, and shola forests.
Fauna: Tiger, leopard, dhole, sloth bear, Nilgiri tahr gaur, elephant, sambar, Grey-headed Fishing Eagle, the Peninsular Bay Owl, the Nilgiri Wood Pigeon, the Black-capped Kingfisher, the Great Black Woodpecker and the Lesser Grey-headed Fish Eagle.