their elephants primarily through breeding, though occasionally zoos will obtain elephants from semi-captive work camps in Asia or rescue elephants that...
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management of elephants, creating awareness of conservation among local people, and providing veterinary care for captive elephants. Project Elephant was initiated...
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but smaller in contrast to African elephants; and wrinkled grey skin. The skin is smoother than African elephants and may be depigmented on the trunk...
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estimated 3,456 captive elephants left in Thailand and roughly a thousand wild elephants. By 2017 the number of captive elephants had risen to an estimated...
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have introduced captive elephants to Borneo in the 18th century, which were released into the jungle. Comparison of the Borneo elephant population to putative...
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Sri Lanka. Pinnawala has the largest herd of captive elephants in the world. In 2023, there were 71 elephants, including 30 males and 41 females from 3 generations...
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list of culturally or scientifically notable elephants. Chirakkal Kalidasan, one of the tallest elephants in Kerala, also notable for acting in some films...
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Elephants found in Kerala, the Indian elephants (Elephas maximus indicus), are one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant. Since 1986, Asian...
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both sexes. Elephants have long lifespans, reaching 60–70 years of age. Lin Wang, a captive male Asian elephant, lived for 86 years. Elephants communicate...
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Zakouma elephant slaughter Dwarf elephant Elephant cognition Knysna elephants Largest organisms List of individual elephants Pygmy elephant The populations...
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Temple elephants are a type of captive elephant. Many major temples own elephants; others hire or are donated elephants during the festive seasons. Temple...
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increasing conflicts between humans and elephants when elephants eat or trample crops. Significant extents of elephant range and suitable habitat has been...
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Carol Buckley (redirect from Elephant Aid International)
1954) is an American elephant caregiver, specializing in the trauma recovery and on-going physical care of captive elephants. In 1995, Buckley realized...
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Punnathurkotta (redirect from Punnathur Kotta Elephant Sanctuary)
Gajapooja (Worshipping Elephants) and Anayoottu (Feeding Elephants) are observed here, as an offering to Lord Ganesha. The legendary elephant "Guruvayur Keshavan"...
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are too small to contain viable elephant populations. In general, Asian elephants are smaller than African elephants and have the highest body point on...
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elephant retirement park, was opened in December 2019, protecting the captive Asian elephants in Siem Reap Province in Cambodia, as well as protecting up to...
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François-Xavier Roux and Pierre-Yves Clais, protecting the last captive Asian elephants in Ratanakiri Province in Cambodia, as well as protecting up to...
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Thechikottukavu Ramachandran (category Elephants in Indian culture)
Indian elephant owned by Thechikottukavu devasom, a temple in Kerala. Commonly known as simply Raman, he is the tallest living captive elephant in Asia...
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to fend off the elephant. The use of elephants in such fashion went beyond the common royal power to dispense life and death. Elephants have long been...
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Elephant cognition is animal cognition as present in elephants. Most contemporary ethologists view the elephant as one of the world's most intelligent...
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Malayalam) is a term used in India for trained captive Asian elephants used in operations to trap wild elephants, sometimes to rescue or to provide medical...
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Musth (category Elephants)
(male) elephants characterized by aggressive behavior and accompanied by a large rise in reproductive hormones. It has been known in Asian elephants for...
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captive elephants, their mahouts, and forest rangers for direct field-based conservation interventions to support the conservation of wild elephants and...
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Mark Shand (redirect from Travels on my Elephant)
his journeys, most of which centered on the survival of elephants. His book Travels on My Elephant became a bestseller and won the Travel Writer of the Year...
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V. Krishnamurthy (veterinarian) (category Elephants in India)
raised living standards of captive elephants across Tamil Nadu. From 1953 to 1956 he performed post-mortem on 18 elephants, out of which 12 had been killed...
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trained captive elephants that are lavishly caparisoned and used in various temple activities. Among the most famous of the temple elephants is Guruvayur...
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Chirakkal Kalidasan (category Elephants in Hinduism)
Kalidasan stands at 308 cm (10 ft 1+1⁄2 in), making him the third tallest captive elephant in the state after Thechikottukavu Ramachandran and Thrikkadavoor Sivaraju...
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African elephants has been discouraged, along with avoiding new contacts between young captive-born Asian elephants and wild-born Asian elephants, as the...
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and orphaned baby elephants cared for. Nearly 70 elephants live here. Captive breeding is also going on. The Udawalawe Elephant Transit Centre in Udawalawe...
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Mangalamkunnu Karnan (category Elephants in Indian culture)
1957–1961 – died 28 January 2021) was an elephant owned by the family which owns the largest number of captive elephants in Kerala, only behind Guruvayur devaswom...
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