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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NBWL Demands IOC Fuel Pipeline Ch...
March 2013: The National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has demanded that forest officials be allowed to inspect the Indian Oil Corporation's (IOC) proposed aviati

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Tiger Reserve Predator Population...
March 2013: As reported in the Times of India, the recent wildlife census conducted at Kalakkad - Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) shows a significant increa

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Guidelines For Preparation Of Sta...
Owing to the widespread degradation and fragmentation of grasslands, which support some of the most threatened species of wildlife and are breeding grounds fo

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Bangalore’s Frogs At Risk!
Several attempts are being made to popularise frogs in our cities. To this end, the ‘Bangalore’s Frogs at Risk!’ poster by Seshadri K.S., Krishna M.B. and Sun

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The Spectacled Bear
The spectacled bear is the last living member of its scientific family Tremarctinae, and is the only bear species in the whole of South America! It gets its n

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The Forsten’s Cat Snake
The Forsten’s cat snake is a giant among cat snakes. At a whopping 91 inches (231 cm.) maximum recorded length, it is the largest of all the cat snakes in Ind

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Young Tom Of Tanzania
I want to share with you the true story of Young Tom of Tanzania, a magnificent male lion living in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), famous for its vol

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Conservation Leadership Course 20...
May 11-15, 2013: Each year Tiger Watch organises a conservation workshop for wildlife enthusiasts so as to facilitate the gap between ground conservation work

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The Sanctuary Voices of Reason Se...
One of the thought leaders who contributed to Sanctuary’s Voices of Reason Series, Vance G. Martin, President of the WILD Foundation, gets to the root of clim

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Deer Carcass, Traps Found In Sund...
February 26, 2013: In a late-night raid on Saturday, forest department officials have recovered 45 traps, made of thick ropes and meant to poach deer, from th

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Beating The Bush
I followed Lobinso Malo on a narrow forest trail, literally running to reach our destination in time for the village puja. A young man in his twenties from th

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