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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.
Articles related to the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), a species of elephant distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west to Borneo in the east, and Nepal in the north to Sumatra in the south. Three subspecies are recognised—E. m. maximus, E. m. indicus and E. m. sumatranus.
Raja Gaj in the 1990s. Raja Gaj (king elephant) (c. 1936 – 2007?) was a large Asian elephant that lived in the Bardiya National Park in Nepal.He is considered to be one of the biggest Asian bull elephants of modern times with an estimated height of 11 feet 3 inches (3.43 metres) tall at the shoulder, around two feet taller than the average Asian elephant. [1]
Weighing approximately 18,000 lb (8,200 kg), Black Diamond was believed to be the largest Indian elephant in captivity. A good worker but prone to fits of temper, he was generally kept chained to two calm female elephants during parades through the towns the circus visited.
Just like kids, animals love to play. Dok Gaew is an adolescent male elephant who lives at the Save Elephant Foundation (SEF) in Thailand. He was rescued in 2017 after he was orphaned shortly ...
An image of the elephant keeper in India riding his elephant from Tashrih al-aqvam (1825). Samponiet Reserve, Aceh Mahout with a young elephant at Elephant Nature Park, Thailand A young elephant and his mahout, Kerala, India. A mahout is an elephant rider, trainer, or keeper. [1] Mahouts were used since antiquity for both civilian and military use.
White Elephant organizers could play the "dice game" variation, which incorporates a pair of die and a rules sheet created by the gift organizer. In this variation, players can select their ...
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.