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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World Animal Protection To Launch...
As the world celebrates World Animal Day on October 4, spare a thought for all the animals being used as ‘beasts of burden’ at various tourist spots or for sh

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On Their Shoulders - In Praise Of...
When Anuradha Marwah and Varun Thakkar suggested to Sanctuary that they would like to spend two weeks living with the forest guards of the Tadoba-Andhari Tige

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Wild Sex
There are two dominant urges that determine the survival of life on Earth… hunger and sex. An amalgamation of these two powerful compulsions influences natura

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Spiti - In the Land Of The Grey G...
Ajith Devakumar visits Spiti in its whitest splendour hoping to lay eyes on one of the most mysterious animals on the planet, the snow leopard. Though he fail

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The Disobedient Planet
I do not wear authority well. Even as a student I would reject bland diktats, particularly if the logic of a command escaped me. Consequently, much to the exa

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Bandipur And Nagarhole National P...
November 22-26, 2014: BANDIPUR AND NAGARHOLE NATIONAL PARK (KABINI) BNHS CAMP: Once the hunting ground of the Maharaja of Mysore, Bandipur is primarily a dry

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Road Through ‘Flamingo City’ Gets...
A controversial project proposal to construct a road through the heart of the Kutchh Desert Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat has received clearance from the newl

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India’s First Wildlife Cyber Crim...
The Wildlife Crime Cell Melghat, Maharashtra, a first of its kind wildlife crime control venture in India under the Forest Department, has shown how vital its

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Trailblazers In Indian Eco-touris...
Sanctuary Asia and the nature tourism action charity, TOFTigers, jointly organised the 3rd Sanctuary TOFTigers Wildlife Tourism Awards 2014. The objective was

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Incarceration or Education? City...
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) “big makeover" plans for the Rani Bagh zoo in Byculla, Mumbai, is more insensitive than ambitious. They plan on

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Is Prime Minister Narendra Modi A...
As Jammu and Kashmir reel under the worst floods to hit the state in the past six decades and experts concur that climate change is largely to blame, Prime Mi

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Endangered Sea Turtles Stranded F...
Marine conservationists and experts are pulling out all stops to rescue a group of sea turtles that has been trapped in the Armabada lake in Gujarat for over

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