BHABUA, Jan. 12 -- The forest department of Bihar has started an intensive wildlife census in Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary, largest in Bihar, spread over 1,539 square kilometres in the plateaued Kaimur Range adjoining Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh forests. The census began on Sunday.

For the first time, all the animals (herbivores and carnivores) in the sanctuary, will be counted in the 90 days exercise under standard protocol of the Central government's All India Tiger Estimation Program, with active participation of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and Wildlife Institute of India (WII) experts, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Kaimur, Sanjeev Ranjan said.

Specially trained forest officials will count the animals using moder...