In this issue

A Fork in Our Path: Feral Dogs or Wildlife, Dolphins or Waterways, Living Seas or Industrial Fleets

Cashew Feni And Forest Tales

With support from the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Wildlife Conservation Society – India, Department of Science and Technology, Maharashtra Forest Department and the Tillari Biodiversity Research Trust, Anushka Rege undertook a vital research project to study mammals in the forest-cashew plantation landscape of the Tillari region in Maharashtra’s Western Ghats. Here, she met life-loving locals, and learnt how people’s lives are closely intertwined with the biodiversity the region supports.

8 mins

Incidental Catch

What I found in my search for the elusive seahorse.

6 mins

A River Dolphin's Ear-View Of India's Waterways Development Plans

A river dolphin took a tired lunge before diving into the Hooghly river next to a noisy, mammoth, crowded vessel ferrying passengers on National Waterway No. 1 (NW-1) in Kolkata. Its tail stood up stiff, flicking wildly, straight out of the water before it dived down headfirst. Such a dive indicates acute distress in dolphins. It heaved, surfacing after seven minutes, a longer interval than normal. How could we know what had happened?

7 mins

Jallikattu and Jailbirds

The year has started with two reversals for conservation and animal welfare. In Rajasthan, the High Court has acquitted actor Salman Khan in the infamous blackbuck poaching case and in Tamil Nadu the state has promulgated an ordinance that overturns the Supreme Court ban on Jallikattu, the ancient sport of bull taming. Both are unrelated cases that are only linked overtly by the fact that they deal with animals, one wild and the other domesticated. But I have been fascinated by both for the fundamental lessons that they give those of us who wish to protect the natural world.

4 mins

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Sanctuary Asia Magazine Description:

A wildlife, conservation and environment magazine, that aims to raise awareness among Indians about their disappearing natural heritage. We curate every alternate issue to suit young minds, bringing them the very best stories and images to induce them to fall in love with wild nature.