Wild Ass Sanctuary in Gujarat

The Wild Ass sanctuary is situated in the Little Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, established in 1972. Spread over 4954 km, it is the largest wildlife sanctuary in India. The wild ass belongs to the family of horses and donkeys. The wide spread grasslands makes the sanctuary best dwelling place for asses. The main vegetation of the sanctuary includes many species of grasses that are wide spread on the flat land.

The wild ass has a great stamina and has the capacity of running at a high speed of 70 km per hour. Ass is a strong animal and very hostile in nature. A stallion will fight cruelly for the possession of the mare during the mating season. The combatants bite and kick each other viciously.

Apart from the wild asses, innumerable species of birds, mammals and reptiles mark their presence in the Wild Ass Sanctuary. The sanctuary fascinates the tourist with its mammal species such as Indian wild ass, black buck, chinkara, nilgai, wolf, caracal, desert cat, Indian fox, striped hyena, Indian pangolin, small Indian mongoose and desert gerbill.

The reptiles residing in the sanctuary are spiny-tailed lizard, yellow monitor, black cobra and sand boa.

Sanctuary is a favourite haunt of the avian species including bustard, short-toed snake eagle, long-legged buzzard, steppe eagle, imperial eagle, laggar falcon, saker falcon, short-cared owl, lesser flamingo, Asian openbill, woolly-necked stork, white stork, eurasian spoonbill, great crested grebe, white pelican, dalmatian pelican, demoiselle crane, common crane, spotbill duck, gadwall, northern shoveler, common pochard, tufted duck, caspian tern and pied avocet.

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