The 134.88 sq km area of Chincholi forest in Karnataka has now been declared as South India’s first dryland wildlife sanctuary to protect the prime wolf and hyena habitat.

The Karnataka State Forest Department notifying the forest on November 28, marking another step by Karnataka to conserve prime wolf and hyena habitat of Chincholi forest spread across Gulbarga and Yadgir district in the Karnataka. It will be named as the ‘Chincholi Wildlife Sanctuary.’