CONTROLLING ELEPHANTS
Maintaining full control over elephants is a key part of the mahout’s job. Beyond ensuring that work will be done properly and...
EXECUTION BY ELEPHANT
Execution by elephant was a common method of capital punishment in South and Southeast Asia, and particularly in India. Asian elephants...
THREATS
ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE Even where suitable habitat exists, poaching remains a threat to elephants in many areas. In 1989, the Convention...
HABITAT LOSS
The main threat facing Indian elephants, like all Asian elephants is loss of habitat, which then results in human-elephant conflict. In...
OVERVIEW OF THE ELEPHANTS
STATUS: Endangered POPULATION : 20,000 - 25,000 SCIENTIFIC NAME: Elephas maximus indicus HEIGHT: 6.5– 11.5 feet WEIGHT: around 11,000...
