National Animal of Chhattisgarh Close to Extinction

The only female wild buffalo in the Sitanadi-Udanti Tiger Reserve Conservation Center in Chhattisgarh State has died.

Highlights:

The state animals of Chhattisgarh are on the verge of extinction, and fewer than 20 individuals of this species remain in the state.

There is only one female and three males in the conservation center, and there are no female wild buffaloes in reserve now.

The reserve is additionally contiguous to the Khariar Forest Division of Odisha State and acts as a Buffer for Sunabeda Wildlife sanctuary.