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The Ranthambore National Park
Near the town of Sawai Madhopur, midway between Bharatpur and Kota, Ranthambore National Park is one of the prime examples of
Project Tiger's conservation efforts in Rajasthan. Sadly, it also demonstrates the gram's overall failure, for it was in this park that government officials were implicated in the poaching of tigers for the Chinese folk medicine trade.
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Keoladeo Ghana National Park
The sanctuary was formerly a vast semi-arid region, filling with water during the monsoon season only to rapidly dry up afterwards. To prevent this, the
Maharaja of Bharatpur diverted water from a nearby irrigation canal and, within a few years, birds began to settle in vast numbers. The
Maharaja was compelled not by conservationist motives, but by the desire to have a ready supply of waterfowl, affording fine shooting (and dining) possibilities.
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