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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International Forest Day Celebrat...
On the occasion of International Day of Forests, Department of Wildlife Protection, Jammu and Kashmir Government in collaboration with Wildlife Conservation F

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Origins, Destination Of Seized Ca...
Early in the month of January 2017, the Mirzapur Forest Department apprehended three wildlife traders from Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, for the illegal possession

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Herd Of 15 Elephants Stranded In...
As a stranded herd of 15 elephants tries to make its way through human settlements in Chhattisgarh, the Field Director of the elephant reserve located in Surg

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Mountain Ghosts, In The Shadows
Wildlife conservationist Sheren Shrestha articulates the importance of community participation, citing the paradigm of the Kanchenjunga Conservation Area. He

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In Perfect Harmony: The Pakke Pag...
Deven Gandhi chronicles his three-day experience at The Pakke Paga festival— Arunachal Pradesh’s only wildlife-themed festival.

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Rajasthan To Launch India's First...
Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, under the recently passed Rajasthan State Budget 2017, has announced the allocation of seven crore rupees towards th

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Demoiselle Cranes Take Flight Fro...
Crane conservationist Sevaram Mali Parihar spotted 1,500 to 2,000 Demoiselle Cranes flying high over Khichan, indicating their departure for the season.

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Shark Fins Evade International Sh...
Despite a worldwide ban on the transportation of shark fins by major shipping carriers, a three-month investigation by the marine conservation group Sea Sheph

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Prevention Through Preparedness A...
On February 18, 2017, a raging fire in Bandipur National Park, Karnataka, not only ravaged 750 acres of forest, reducing it to ashes, but also caused the trag

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Elephant Beetles
Elephant beetles are one of the largest-known group of beetles on Earth!

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Spectacular Symbiosis!
A variety of intelligent associations exist among the millions of organisms that live on planet Earth. One such spectacular relationship is called symbiosis i

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Lesser Adjutant Rescued In Assam
In the last week of February, Manoj Gogoi, Sanctuary’s Mud on Boots Project leader in Assam rescued a Lesser Adjutant Stork Leptoptilos javanicus from Jorhat,

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