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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.
Jayathu, elephant gifted by J. R. Jayewardene to Ronald Reagan in 1984. Shanthi, elephant gifted by Sri Lanka to Jimmy Carter and the American children in 1976. Suleiman the elephant, presented in 1551 to Maximilian II, the Holy Roman Emperor, by John III, the King of Portugal, and named after the Ottoman Sultan, Suleiman the Magnificent.
12.2 Family Muridae: Old World rats, mice. 12.3 Family Hystricidae: Old World porcupines. 13 Order: Lagomorpha: ... Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) (Cuvier ...
The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), also known as the Asiatic elephant, is 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.
The Bengal tiger and the Indian elephant are endangered species which are protected by Project Tiger and Project Elephant programmes run by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. [1] [2] [3] Indian Leopards are vulnerable and protected species. [4] Asiatic lion is an endangered species only found in Gir National Park of India ...
Few things are more adorable than a baby elephants splashing around in a tub of water, and you can almost believe that Kirkja, a female elephant who turns one year old this month, knows exactly ...
At one day old, Milo was already comparable to the size of the herd’s three-week-old calf and seven-month-old calf, keepers said. Milo is the 53rd known calf born to a formerly-orphaned elephant ...
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 ...