Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary
                                            
                                                - Integrity Education, Delhi
 
                                                - 29, Jun 2021
 
                                            
                                            
                                                                                            
                                                    
 
                                                
                                            
                                            
         
                                            
                                                                                        
                                     
                                            
                                                                                        
                                            
Why in news: Wildlife specialists have the first photographic evidence of a tiger inhabiting the 26.22 sq. km Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary
	- The Sanctuary lies in Assam’s Baksa and Udalguri districts bordering Bhutan.
 
	- This sanctuary is named after the river Bornadi 
 
	- The sanctuary was established in 1980 to protect the hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus) and pigmy hog
 
	- This small habitat is well connected to a corridor between the Royal Manas National Park and the Jomotshakngkha Wildlife Sanctuary