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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Tigers - The Disastrous Decade
Despite the recent brouhaha over increasing tiger numbers, all is not well in its realm, opines wildlife defender Valmik Thapar.

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Birding In The Kingdom Of Happine...
The mythical Shangri-La might well be in Bhutan, suggests Bhanu Singh, for whom each moment in the mountains offered ‘sightings’ to remember.

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Wildlife Tourism Pioneers Honoure...
The TOFTigers Wildlife Tourism Awards 2016, in association with Sanctuary Asia, were held at a well-attended dinner on September 23, 2016, at the residence of

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Highlights From The CITES Meeting...
The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) is underway in Johannesburg, Sout

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Crab Arribada
While searching for frogs in Goa’s Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary, Keerthi Krutha chances upon thousands of crabs on the move.

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Historic Call For Ban On Domestic...
Last week, at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress in Hawaii that concluded on September 10, 2016, a landmark

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Journeys To The End Of The World
Legendary conservationist and biologist Dr. George Schaller recounts his experiences protecting and conserving his beloved mountains and their incredible deni

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Sundarbans Tourists Rescue Turtle...
Tourists on a weekend trip to the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve in West Bengal turned wildlife rescuers when they chanced upon two olive Ridley turtles entangled i

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Vaquita
Meet a special species of porpoise known as the vaquita.

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Masters Of Disguise
All animals in the wild, within the course of evolution, have developed ways to survive against most odds. Some of them have mastered the beautiful and compl

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More Pilot Whales Slaughtered In...
For the third time this year, pilot whales have been slaughtered in the Danish Faroe Islands. The ordeal began when a pod of 40 pilot whales was reported to l

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Green Tribunal Orders Demolition...
In a widely lauded judgment, India’s National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the demolition of a wall that obstructs a wild elephant corridor near Kaziranga

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