Wildlife In Uttarakhand

Enriched with natural beauty and wild life ,Uttarakhand is a favorite place for wild life and bird lover . Every year a number of Tourists , Anthropologist, Botanist, Zoologist,and researchers come to see and learn about different species of animal,flowers,plants and birds in these sanctuaries and parks . A list of Sanctuaries, which are situated in Uttarakhand ,is given here .

Askot Sanctuary
Askot sanctuary is situated in Pithoragrah district of state Utaranchal.Surrounded by the mountain and forest this picturesque greens Askot Sanctuary is a best dwelling place of wild animals.
The sanctuary is a house of many wild animals such leopard,deer,beers,kakars and a great variety of birds .Lying in the lap of Kumaon Himalayas at a height of 5412 ft.,the sanctuary is visited by many Indian and foreign scientists for the research projects.

Stretched about 967 Sq.Kms. the Kesarnath Sanctuary was established in the year 1972 in the one of the most pious region of Garhwal.Surrounded by the breathtakingly spectacular view of snow covered peaks of the great Himalayan mountain range , rivers , glaciers , valleys and forests it is one of the most site seeing scentuary in this region. Because this sanctuary is located in the Kedarnath region it is a famous and most visited natural place by the tourist of different countries for various reason.

A project funded by WWF was undertaken in this sanctuary in between 1978-1980 on the research of Musk deer.

The variety of wildlife in this sanctuary includes Snow Leopard, Snow Cock, Tahr, musk Spotted Deer, Leopard ,Serow and a number of species of birds.

According to the epics this valley is the place where "Hanumaan" of the Ramayana collected "Sanjeevani Booti"(panacea) to revive Lakshman,the brother of Rama.
The valley of flowers was discovered by Mr.Frank S. Smith , who was an English mountaineer,X'plorer and Botanist, While he was on his expedition to Mount Kamet.The valley of flowers is the "haven on earth" .It is stretched about an area of 87.5 Sq.Kms. with the bustling with beautiful, lively wild flowers in vibrant colours.some of the flowers found in this valley can not be seen any where in the world and it has the largest collection of wild flower of different species in all over the world .

Blessed with the natural beauty this valley looks heavenly by the flowing "Pushpawati" river through it.