Forward by the Queen of Bhutan.

Featuring over twenty sanctuaries in twenty countries, including public and private, ancient and new, this book celebrates the sheltering of innocence in all its forms, animal, plant, insect, and human with stunning photography and intimate, lyrical prose. These pockets of Eden preserve and protect what is most precious to us and to the Earth. Sanctuaries include:

- The Iberian Wolf Sanctuary in Portugal
- Brigitte Bardot's sanctuary La Mare Auzou in France
- Gut Aiderbichl in Austria
- Bear Refuge Alertis, Rhenen in Holland
- Bialowieza National Park in Poland
- Other remarkable places in the United States, Suriname, South Africa, Namibia, Yemen, Bahrain, Dubai, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Borneo, Japan, and Bhutan