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SRINAGAR: A government notification has declared Tral Wildlife Sanctuary, which is spread over an area of 154.15 Sq.Km. The Sanctuary falls in District Pulwama and has come into being by merging Changed, Panyar-Shikargah and Khiram wildlife conservation reserves and few forest compartments of Awantipora Forest Division.

Wildlife sanctuary representational picture Pertinently the area has a distinction of harboring relic population of Hangul that exists outside Dachigam National Park. Besides 15 species of mammals, including some rare ones are found within the limits of the sanctuary. The sanctuary is also home to more than 200 species of birds, the spokesman said