Maoists reportedly opened fire at Forest department watchers at the Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary in Kannur (Kerala).
Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary
- Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary is nestled and pampered amidst the serene Cheenkanni River and the adjoining forests of Brahmagiri Hills of Kodagu and Thirunelli Hills of Wayanad.
- The sanctuary was constituted in the year 1984 and extended to an area of 55 Sq.Km.
- This is the only protected area of the West Coast Tropical Evergreen forest of Dipterocarpus-Mesua- Palaquium type.
- The presence of Malabar Slender Loris (Loris lydekkerianus malabaricus) with other five primate species is one of the main highlights of the sanctuary.
- Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary is listed as one of the “Important Bird Area (IBA)” by BirdLife International in 2003.
- The sanctuary is home for One Red data book species Nilgiri Wood- Pigeon Columba elphinstonii.
- The sanctuary forms the watershed area of Cheenkannipuzha and Urittipuzha, which are the tributaries of the Valapattanam River.
