their elephants primarily through breeding, though occasionally zoos will obtain elephants from semi-captive work camps in Asia or rescue elephants that...

management of elephants, creating awareness of conservation among local people, and providing veterinary care for captive elephants. Project Elephant was initiated...

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...

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...

have introduced captive elephants to Borneo in the 18th century, which were released into the jungle. Comparison of the Borneo elephant population to putative...

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...

list of culturally or scientifically notable elephants. Chirakkal Kalidasan, one of the tallest elephants in Kerala, also notable for acting in some films...

Elephants found in Kerala, the Indian elephants (Elephas maximus indicus), are one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant. Since 1986, Asian...

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...

Zakouma elephant slaughter Dwarf elephant Elephant cognition Knysna elephants Largest organisms List of individual elephants Pygmy elephant The populations...

Temple elephants are a type of captive elephant. Many major temples own elephants; others hire or are donated elephants during the festive seasons. Temple...

increasing conflicts between humans and elephants when elephants eat or trample crops. Significant extents of elephant range and suitable habitat has been...

1954) is an American elephant caregiver, specializing in the trauma recovery and on-going physical care of captive elephants. In 1995, Buckley realized...

Gajapooja (Worshipping Elephants) and Anayoottu (Feeding Elephants) are observed here, as an offering to Lord Ganesha. The legendary elephant "Guruvayur Keshavan"...

are too small to contain viable elephant populations. In general, Asian elephants are smaller than African elephants and have the highest body point on...

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...

François-Xavier Roux and Pierre-Yves Clais, protecting the last captive Asian elephants in Ratanakiri Province in Cambodia, as well as protecting up to...

Indian elephant owned by Thechikottukavu devasom, a temple in Kerala. Commonly known as simply Raman, he is the tallest living captive elephant in Asia...

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...

Elephant cognition is animal cognition as present in elephants. Most contemporary ethologists view the elephant as one of the world's most intelligent...

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...

(male) elephants characterized by aggressive behavior and accompanied by a large rise in reproductive hormones. It has been known in Asian elephants for...

captive elephants, their mahouts, and forest rangers for direct field-based conservation interventions to support the conservation of wild elephants and...

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...

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...

trained captive elephants that are lavishly caparisoned and used in various temple activities. Among the most famous of the temple elephants is Guruvayur...

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...

African elephants has been discouraged, along with avoiding new contacts between young captive-born Asian elephants and wild-born Asian elephants, as the...

and orphaned baby elephants cared for. Nearly 70 elephants live here. Captive breeding is also going on. The Udawalawe Elephant Transit Centre in Udawalawe...

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...