Helping Tigers Thrive
Sanctuary Asia|May 2018

Did you know that visits to our national parks and Protected Areas can help bring tiger numbers up? Entrance fees to parks provide money for protecting the areas you visit. Tourism can provide livelihoods for local people, making them less dependent on forests and helping them co-exist with their wild neighbours as shown by a recent study in Madhya Pradesh.

Helping Tigers Thrive

A win-win situation! Not only that, healthy habitats for endangered species such as the tiger are helping to provide India with clean water and clean air – vital for our future. We need to keep them thriving!

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Why Children Are Needed To Help Save The World

On my very first day in India, I encountered many marvelous new customs not practiced in the United States, my home country. But the most curious by far involved trees. Here and there, alongside the roaring streets of Mumbai were rings of marigold wreathed around twisting banyan trunks like dried rays of afternoon sunlight…

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Who's Who?
Sanctuary Asia

Who's Who?

Fact: all toads are frogs, but not all frogs are toads! Let’s unpack this...

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September 2019
The Sea Raptor
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The Sea Raptor

The White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster is one of the most common raptors along the Indian coastline. Nevertheless, the sight of this soaring, broad-winged, white and black bird of prey is nothing less than majestic

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Bringing Up Bob Hoots.
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Bringing Up Bob Hoots.

While we were visiting a friend’s farm in the village of Yelachetty, near Bandipur Tiger Reserve, we found Spotted Owlets nesting on the tiled roof… and one of the chicks on the kitchen floor!

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Yala, Land Of The Leopard
Sanctuary Asia

Yala, Land Of The Leopard

Yala is not only Sri Lanka’s second-largest, but also the most-visited national park in the island nation.

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Sanctuary Asia

The Wizards Of Oz!

Australia is not only a country, but also a continent. The land down under, cut-off from the rest of the world has an abundance of unique species of native animals, birds, reptiles, insects and plants.

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November 2017
Scales & Tails
Sanctuary Asia

Scales & Tails

I was really excited and looking forward to the workshop on reptiles and amphibians at Nature’s Nest in Mollem, Goa, between June 24 and 26, 2017. It was my opportunity to meet renowned herpetologist Varad Giri.

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November 2017
Big, Brilliant And Endangered
Sanctuary Asia

Big, Brilliant And Endangered

When one thinks of elephants, the first word that probably comes to mind is BIG! But elephants, while they may be the largest creatures on land, are not just big and powerful, they’re wise and sensitive as well. Recent scientific studies have established that they are among the most intelligent animals in the world.

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Earth Manners
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Earth Manners

Everyday habits matter! Let’s be kind to the planet, animals and ourselves!

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World Scan
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World Scan

CHINA’S IVORY TOWNAn explosive investigation by the Environmental Investigation Agency has revealed how criminal gangs originating from an obscure town in southern China have come to dominate the smuggling of ivory tusks poached from African elephants.

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