Bukkapatna Chinkara Wildlife Sanctuary

Bukkapatna Chinkara Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in Karnataka India, which was founded to protect chinkaras (Indian Gazelle).

[1] The sanctuary is located in Sira Taluk of Tumakuru district in Karnataka, India and covers an area of 148 km2 (57 sq mi).

[3] Other than chinkaras, four-horned and blackbuck antelopes are also found here.

[4] The Indian egg-eating snake, which is endemic to the Indian subcontinent and declared as a Schedule-1 protected species by government of India under the Wildlife Protection Act, is also seen here.

[5] The threat of poachers was a major problem for the forest here.