Context: Recently, a situation of panic was created in Bommasandra, a village attached to the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary, near Kanakapura of Ramanagaram following the villagers finding some explosive substances.
About Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary

• It is situated in the taluks that dot three districts of Ramnagar (Kanakapura), Chamrajnagar (Kollegala) and Mandya (Malavalli) of Karnataka.
• The central and eastern parts of the sanctuary are well forested, Hogenakal falls (Smoking rock in Kannada), Mekedatu (Goats leap), Sangam (The point where the Arkavathi river joins the Cauvery) and Muthathi (The religious place where lord Anjaneya temple is situated) are of cultural, historical and tourist interest.
• The eastern part of the sanctuary is completely bounded by the state of Tamil Nadu.
• It was constituted under Section 18 of the Wildlife Protection Act 1973 for the purpose of Protecting, Propagating or developing Wildlife and its environment.
• The River Cauvery demarcates the northern and eastern boundary of the Sanctuary.
• The deciduous and riverine forests cover much of the area, especially the eastern parts of the Sanctuary.
• It was declared a sanctuary on January 14, 1987.
• Mammals like tiger, sambar, spotted deer, leopard, elephants, wild boar, barking deer, four-horned antelope, Malabar giant squirrel, grizzled giant squirrel are found in Cauvery wildlife Sanctuary.
• Birds like Sirkeer cuckoo, white-browed bulbul, green-billed malkoha and the pigmy woodpecker are found at Cauvery wildlife Sanctuary.
• It also acts as a buffer to absorb surplus tiger populations from B.R. Hills and M.M. Hills.