Khur grazing at the Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary, Little Rann of Kutch.
Location
Kutchh, Gujarat, India
Nearest city
Ahmedabad
Area
4954 km2
Established
1972
World Heritage site
UNESCO Tentative List
Website
GujaratTourism
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).
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