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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.
According to S.S. Bisht, the former director of Project Elephant and senior forest service officer, "Under Section 12 of the Forest Protection Act, permission to catch elephants can only be given by the Centre for population control and scientific research. Last time such permission was given to Assam was in the ’80s".
The Endangered Species Act (1973) is to help prevent the extinction of native and foreign species. It prohibits elephant parts and products from being imported into the United States except under certain conditions. Artifacts that are carved from elephant ivory may travel legally if it has documentation that proves its provenance predates 1973. [4]
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Reauthorization Act of 2007: To reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act and the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994. Pub. L. 110–133 (text) December 6, 2007 Asian Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007: To reauthorize the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997
The Indian elephant is a protected species under Schedule I of the Indian Wild Life Protection Act, 1972. [33] Project Elephant was launched in 1992 by the Ministry of Environment and Forests of Government of India to provide financial and technical support of wildlife management efforts by the states.
The khedda practice and other methods of trapping or capturing elephants have been discontinued since 1973 following the enactment of a law under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, declaring the Indian elephant to be a highly endangered species. In the case of elephants which cause extensive damage by encroaching into human ...
Thai police have charged a mahout after an elephant in his care killed a Spanish tourist last week. Theerayut Inthaphudkij, 38, was charged with negligence causing death, local authorities said ...
African Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2001: To reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act Pub. L. 107–111 (text) 107-112: January 8, 2002 Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2001: To reauthorize the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994 Pub. L. 107–112 (text) 107-113: January 8, 2002