Sanctuary Asia

The Sanctuary Nature Foundation’s flagship Sanctuary Asia magazine founded and edited by Bittu Sahgal has been in continuous publication since 1981 and remains India's leading and best-loved magazine in its genre. Browse through select articles from our past issues.
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Samir Acharya
Samir Acharya is the founder of the Port Blair-based Society for Andaman & Nicobar Ecology (SANE). This has been one of the most active environmental groups

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Species Brief: The Tiger (Panther...
Did You Know?: Did you know that the Bengal tiger is the national animal of India and Bangladesh, the Malayan tiger is the national animal of Malaysia, and th

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Oceans Of Life - Creatures Of The...
The ocean is a mystifying realm in which beauty and drama are intertwined in a never-ending cycle of life. While reaching for the moon and the stars, scientis

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Species Brief: The Leopard (Panth...
Did you know?: Did you know that the leopard is found in Sri Lanka, but the tiger is not? The leopard moved into peninsular India long before the tiger and wa

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Billy Arjan Singh
A true legend, he is considered by some to be the 'godfather’ of the movement to save the Indian tiger. Born in Gorakhpur on August 15, 1917, Billy was alwa

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Bhupen Talukdar
Tough. Uncompromising. Effective. Words that sum up Bhupen Talukdar, defender of the rhino. While rhinos were being systematically wiped out in Manas in the

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Girish Vashisht
A frontline defender of the tiger, Range Officer Vashisht is part of an effective team of forest guards, rangers and officers that have restored the bamboo

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T. Venkatesh
The bane of timber smugglers, Range Officer T. Venkatesh served in the Bhadra Tiger Reserve, Karnataka for nearly seven years. Soon after taking charge, he

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Sarang Kulkarni
A self-taught scuba diver, Sarang Kulkarni would probably fit himself with gills if he could. He loves the sea and is one of India’s upcoming marine biologi

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Abdul Rahman Mir
He understands wildlife behaviour and knows what needs to be done to protect forests and animals. He is also willing to risk his life to protect the fore

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Arvind Chalasani
Trekker, naturalist and conservationist, Arvind Chalasani is the quintessential Green Teacher. He considers it his life’s purpose to inject a respect for th

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Five Elephants Killed In Train Co...
June 2013: The death toll from a train collision with a herd of elephants on May 30, 2013, climbed to five on June 11, when an elephant struck by the train tw

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