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Project Elephant is a wildlife conservation movement initiated in India to protect the endangered Indian elephant.The project was initiated in 1992 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of the Government of India to provide financial and technical support to the states for wildlife management of free-ranging elephant populations.
In 1986, Sukumar helped to design the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, the first of its kind in India.In 1997, he set up the Asian Nature Conservation Foundation, a public charitable trust that incorporates the Asian Elephant Research and Conservation Centre, an organization that has carried out several field projects in India and other Asian countries on elephants and their habitats. [2]
[1] [2] Lahiri Choudhury wrote two Bengali books Hatir Boi and Jiboner Indradhanu. [3] He also researched Architecture of Calcutta. [4] In 1977 he became a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) specialist group on elephants and of the advisory committee of Project Elephant under the Government of India in 2004.
Operation Shikkar was an extensive enforcement and investigation initiative undertaken by the Kerala Forest Department between 2015 and 2017, aimed at dismantling a widespread network involved in illegal ivory smuggling and the poaching of elephants in India.
The 12th and last chapter deals with the character and activities of elephant managers. Various commands including visual signs, oral, percussion, and prodding are given. There is a section describing how and when these commands are to be used so that the elephant will obey the mahout.
Project Elephant was launched in 1992 by the Government of India to protect elephant habitats and population. The Indian elephant is a cultural symbol throughout its range and appears in various religious traditions and mythologies. The elephants are treated positively and is revered as a form of Lord Ganesha in Hinduism. It has been designated ...
Ajay Adrushyappa Desai, also known as, Elephant Man, [1] (24 July 1957 – 20 November 2020) was an Indian Field Biologist-conservationist and researcher specializing in behavior of wild elephants with a focus on wildlife conflicts with human settlement.
He has governed the Mudumalai and Theppakadu elephant camps. He is popularly referred to as Dr.K, Elephant man or Elephant Doctor (யானை டாக்டர்). He has extensively written articles on the topics of conservation and elephant physiology, and is considered to be a pioneer in the development of Elephant Rejuvenation Camps.