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a place where animals get to be the landlords and humans just visit.
means a protected area set aside so wild species can live, breed, and roam with minimal human interference.
from from latin sanctuarium, a sacred untouchable space; the concept moved from churches protecting people to land protecting animals in the 19th and 20th centuries as hunting and habitat loss accelerated.
legal teethoften bans hunting but allows limited human activity, unlike national parks
oldest ideaindian emperor ashoka protected wildlife by edict around 250 bce
not zoosanimals are wild and free, not captive or bred for display
for instance
kaziranga india — home to two-thirds of the world's one-horned rhinos
ngorongoro tanzania — 25000 animals live inside one collapsed volcanic crater
sundarbans bangladesh — only mangrove forest where tigers regularly swim between islands
galapagos reserve — inspired darwin, still isolated enough to study evolution live