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.

During monsoon, the Rann (Gujarati for desert) gets flooded for a period of about one month and is dotted with about 74 elevated plateaus or islands, locally called 'bets'.

According to data submitted to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre,[3] the sanctuary's rich biodiversity includes The main threat faced by the sanctuary is the illegal salt panning[4] activity in the area.

[5] The reserve was nominated by the Forest Department to be a biosphere reserve, which are areas of terrestrial and coastal ecosystems internationally recognised within the framework of UNESCO's Man and Biosphere (MAB) programme.

The aim of the programme is to focus on conserving biological diversity, and the research, monitoring and providing of sustainable development models.