Little Rann of Kutch Wildlife Sanctuary Gujarat India

Little Rann of Kutch Wildlife Sanctuary Gujarat is a unique place on earth with an unending possibility of exploration, numerous sites for unbelievable sights and unforgettable experiences. It is the only haven on earth for endemic Asiatic Wild Ass. It is famous as the world's last refuge of the Indian Wild Ass for the conservation of which it has been declared as the Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary.

Though a bleak landscape it is rich in biodiversity and is an ecologically important area for wildlife and many local and migratory Water Birds like cranes, ducks, pelicans, flamingoes and land birds like sand grouse, francolins and the Indian bustards. It is also home to various unique mammals apart from wild Ass such the Indian Wolf, Desert Fox and Nilgai.

The Wild Ass Sanctuary of the Little Rann of Kutch, spreading across nearly 5000 square kilometers of the Little Rann, is the only place on earth where the endangered Indian Wild Ass, known locally as the ghudkhar, still lives. The only other two subspecies of wild asses live in the high arid plateaus of Tibet, making this the most accessible place to visit wild asses in their natural environs. Standing more than a meter tall at the shoulder and two meters in length, wild asses are very agile and can run long distances at a speed of 50 km/h, making them more like wild horses, and far more captivating than their domesticated cousins. Around 3000 of them live in the sanctuary, and are usually seen in herds, especially around breeding season.

Every year, approximately 75,000 birds nest in the reserve. The cernuous vulture comes from Egypt, the common and demoiselle cranes arrive from Siberia, the blue-tailed bee-eater visits from Europe, and the houbara bustard of Iran and Iraq stops over as well. All of these are commonly sighted in the sanctuary.

The Wild Ass Sanctuary of the Little Rann of Kutch also houses 93 species of invertebrates, including crustaceans, insects, mollusks, spiders, annelids and zooplanktons, as well as four species of frogs and toads, two species of turtles, twelve snakes, fourteen species of lizards and one kind of crocodile. The tidal wetlands along the edge of the Gulf of Kutch are a key breeding area for prawns. The noise and air pollution caused by transportation of this colossal amount of salt is gradually eating away at the wildlife habitat. The Indian Army also maintains a firing range of over 200 square km inside the sanctuary borders.

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