WildLife Senctuaries

A wildlife sanctuary is an area owned by or set aside as undisturbed breeding ground, for the protection of wildlife. Public access to the sanctuary is prohibited. Exploitation of forest in the sanctuary is not permissible except of reducing fire-hazards, epidemics, insect attacks or other natural calamities. The following acts are also prohibited in a wildlife sanctuary.

• Enter or residence
• Land cultivation
• Damaging or destruction of vegetation.
• Hunting, killing or capturing of any wild animal or firing any gun or other fire arm inside within one mile radius of the boundaries.
• Introduction of any exotic species of animal or plant.
• Introduction of any domestic animal or allowing it to stray.
• Causing any fires.
• Polluting the water.

Following table shows the area, location, habitat type and major wildlife species of various wildlife sanctuaries in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.