Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary

23°09′10″N 71°23′44″E / 23.152739°N 71.395678°E / 23.152739; 71.395678

Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary
Wild Ass Nature Education Camp
Khur grazing at the Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary, Little Rann of Kutch.
Map
LocationKutchh, Gujarat, India
Nearest cityAhmedabad
Area4954 km2
Established1972
World Heritage siteUNESCO Tentative List
WebsiteGujaratTourism
Map of Gujarat showing the Little Rann of Kutch and Greater Rann of Kutch

The Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary, or Wild Ass Wildlife Sanctuary, is located in the Little Rann of Kutch in the state of Gujarat, India, spread over an area of 4954 km².[1]

The Wild Ass Wildlife Sanctuary was established under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972 as one of the last bastions for the endangered Indian wild ass (Equus hemionus khur)—called khur or godhkhur in the Gujarati language—, a southern subspecies of E. hemionus, the Asiatic wild ass (or onager).

  1. ^ "Wildlife Sanctuaries". wiienvis.nic.in. Archived from the original on 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2017-04-24.