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[1] [2] [3] Indian Leopards are vulnerable and protected species. [4] The Indian wolf is an endangered subspecies of gray wolf. [5] The tiger numbers are of animals aged above 1.5 years. [6] [7] India is home to 75% of the world's tiger population [8] as well as 60% of Asian elephant population. [9]
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 ...
As of 2017, the estimated wild population in India account for nearly three-fourths of the extant population, at 27,312 individuals. [45] In 2019, the Asian elephant population in India increased to an estimated 27,000–29,000 individuals. [46] [47] As of 2019, the global wild population was estimated at 48,323–51,680 individuals. [48]
Common name Binomial name/Trinomial name Population Status Trend Notes Image African bush elephant: Loxodonta africana: 352,000 [1]: EN [1] [1]The population has been reduced dramatically (african elephant populations in 18 countries declined by ~30%) since a mass ivory sell off by southern african countries in the early 2000's to present time.
The total population of Asian elephants is estimated to be around 40,000–50,000, although this may be a loose estimate. Around 60% of the population is in India. Although Asian elephants are declining in numbers overall, particularly in Southeast Asia, the population in the Western Ghats may have stabilised. [149]
Mali, a female Asian elephant, an endangered species, gave birth to a 220-pound male calf in the early morning hours on Oct. 24, according to a news release from the zoo. Ten hours later, to the ...
The Western Ghats ecoregion has the largest Indian elephant population in the wild, with an estimated 11,000 individuals across eight distinct populations. [42] [43] Other mammals include endangered and vulnerable species such as the lion-tailed macaque, Nilgiri tahr, leopard, Nilgiri langur, dhole, and gaur.
The Indian elephant was taken from her herd at age 3 and kept in solitary confinement the entire time, ... who earned the title of "saddest elephant in the world" by animal rights activists, died ...