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POPULATION ESTIMATION OF ELEPHANTS
India's first DNA elephant census finds 25% drop in population, warns of rising habitat lossIndia's first DNA-based elephant census reveals a nearly 25% population drop over eight years, estimating 22,446 elephants. The new scienti...
Elephant census delayed in northeast; final count likely in June 2025India's latest elephant census results have been postponed until June next year. Monsoon rains, floods, and limited forest staff capacity a...
Man-animal Conflict: MP villagers to be taught easy techniques to scare away wild elephantsIn a bid to prevent human-elephant conflict and crop destruction by wild jumbos, residents of Madhya Pradesh villages adjoining Chhattisgar...
India's elephant population stable: CensusAn elephant census released by the Union ministry of environment, forests and climate change on Saturday revealed an expansion in elephant ...
Old homes threatened, Indian elephant moves to Haryana, Himachal
How the national elephant census went about the job of counting the beast500 volunteers responded to the Forest Department’s call to be part of the all-India synchronised Asian elephant population estimation.
Fresh elephant count in India to begin in July; Census report to come next year
Tiger count up 30% in four years, 100 elephants perish annually: JavadekarChief Wildlife Warden, Kerala in collaboration with Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and other agencies last year busted a big nexus of elepha...
Sonepur ban may hit supply of elephants to KeralaThe Sonepur event is one of the biggest in Asia and will be held in the last week of November. Until last year, it was a marketplace for ca...
1,035 elephants rule tiger bastion Corbett Tiger ReserveAs per the recent elephant estimation exercise conducted in Uttarakhand in June, Corbett Tiger Reserve has emerged as one of the main basti...
- Jumbo rules in tiger hotbed Corbett
For those who equated Corbett with just tigers, think again. As per the recent elephant estimation exercise conducted in Uttarakhand in Jun...
- Line transect method apt for elephant count: researchers
Researchers have strongly favoured the line transect method for estimating elephant population with greater accuracy in order to boost cons...
Elephant population not declining : GovernmentAs per the 2012 data, there were 9239 elephants in North East region, 2865 in Eastern region, and between 15,650 to 16,970 elephants in Sou...
Population of major animal species up in the country: Jayanthi NatarajanThe population of major animal species like lions, tigers, elephant and rhinos has increased in the country, the Rajya Sabha was told.
- Obama in $10 million effort to cut wildlife trafficking
He said that rhinoceros horn was worth around $30,000 per pound on the black market -- making it literally worth more than its weight in go...
Indian dolphin, elephant among top 100 mammals facing extinction: Zoological society of LondonThe Zoological Society of London have for the first time scored the world's mammals according to how Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally E...
- Manula sheds light on monitoring elephant population
In spite of its conservation significance, elephant populations across many sites/countries continue to be monitored using methods and tech...
- Make room for the giants
Despite the fact that India's forests have fragmented and turned into islands in a sea of development, elephants have managed to stride the...
- 29 elephants knocked down by trains in last three years
Twenty-nine elephants have been killed after being knocked down by trains across the country since 2007, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wedn...
Exclusive corridors for elephants in TNElephants will have their way in Tamil Nadu - quite literally, with the state government planning Elephant Corridors in different parts of ...