1 9 6 1 , ▁the ▁wild ▁ass ▁population ▁was ▁reduced ▁to ▁just ▁ 8 7 0 ▁after ▁to ▁the ▁out break ▁of ▁South ▁African ▁Hor se ▁S ick ness . ▁ ▁Besides ▁disease , ▁the ▁ass ' s ▁other ▁thre ats ▁include ▁habitat ▁de grad ation ▁due ▁to ▁salt ▁activities , ▁the ▁invasion ▁of ▁the ▁Pro s op is ▁jul if l ora ▁shr ub , ▁and ▁enc ro achment ▁and ▁gra zing ▁by ▁the ▁M ald h ari . ▁Conserv ation ▁efforts ▁since ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁have ▁helped ▁boost ▁the ▁animal ' s ▁population ▁to ▁ 4 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁Conserv ation ▁▁ ▁In ▁the ▁last ▁century , ▁the ▁Indian ▁wild ▁ass ▁lived ▁all ▁over ▁the ▁dry ▁regions ▁of ▁north western ▁India ▁and ▁western ▁Pakistan ▁including ▁J ais al mer , ▁B ikan er , ▁S ind ▁and ▁Bal uch istan . ▁Today , ▁it ▁surv ives ▁only ▁in ▁the ▁Little ▁R ann , ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁st ray ▁towards ▁the ▁Great ▁R ann ▁of ▁K utch ▁with ▁some ▁reaching ▁border ing ▁villages ▁in ▁the ▁J al ore ▁district ▁of ▁the ▁Indian ▁State ▁of ▁Raj as than . ▁ ▁First ▁census ▁of ▁the ▁wild ▁ass ▁was ▁done ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 0 , ▁when ▁there ▁were ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 3 , 5 0 0 ▁wild ▁ass es . ▁But , ▁by ▁the ▁year ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁this ▁figure ▁fell ▁to ▁just ▁ 3 6 2 , ▁it ▁was ▁then ▁class ified ▁as ▁a