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Tungabhadra Otter conservation reserve
February 27 , 2018
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- Karnataka declared first otter conservation reserve, 34 km along the Tungabhadra, which stretches from from Mudlapura village to Kampli in Ballari district.
- The reserve also passes through Hampi, a UNESCO heritage site.
- The reserve houses a good number of smooth-clawed otter, smooth-coated otters, mahseer fish, fresh water crocodiles and giant soft-shelled turtles.
- Despite being notified as a conservation reserve, river otters in Karnataka are currently facing many threats such as habitat loss, overfishing by trawlers, poaching and dynamite fishing.
- Increasing of Water hyacinths also a serious threat to this species.
- Smooth-coated otter is distributed throughout the country from the Himalayas and to the south in India.
- According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, Smooth-coated species is vulnerable.
- The highest protection under Schedule 1 (small-clawed otter) and Schedule 2 (smooth-coated otter) of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 is provided for the otters.
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