The Slender Loris sanctuary, the establishment of which was notified by the Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday, will be the first of its kind in the country.
India's first ever sanctuary for the endangered Slender Loris will be set up in Karur & Dindigul districts of Tamil Nadu, said the chief minister's office on Wednesday.
The Kadavur Slender Loris Sanctuary is to come up at 11,806 hectares in Karur and Dindigul districts, covering areas of Vedasandur, Dindigul East, and Natham taluks in Dindigul and Kadavur taluk in Karur.The
Tamil Nadu government had also announced the notification of India s first Dugong Conservation reserve in the Palk bay, the narrow strip of sea that connect India s Tamil Nadu and the Indian Ocean littoral nation Sri Lanka.