Preserving India's pachyderms

The recently-concluded 'Gaj Mahotsav’ in Delhi celebrated the Indian Elephant, an animal that is fast losing its habitat in India

Elephants' conflict of diet

It's not just fragmented corridors that take elephants to farms. They get drawn towards crops that improve their state of mind and well-being

Avoiding tragic elephant deaths through policy intervention

The wildlife conservation agenda in India is largely driven by an elitist mindset that is insensitive and disregardful of the real sufferings of …

Can changing crop pattern foil elephant raids to farmlands?

Farmers in eastern Indian states are replacing paddy with alternative crops to prevent elephant attacks. The question is can this experiment be …

Pregnant elephant’s death in Kerala shows institutional indifference to wild animals

It is not tough to see how serious the Union and state governments of the country are about wild animals

Legal protection for wildlife corridors, soon: Jayanthi Natarajan

Several elephant habitats and forest corridors used by wildlife fall outside sanctuaries and parks

Elephant corridor report plagued with inconsistencies, could escalate conflict with humans, says expert

IISc professor Raman Sukumar stressed on effective management of jumbos in National Board for Wildlife meeting in August

Tribals voice protest against power project in West Bengal’s Ayodhya Hills

Villagers claim that the power project will destroy their forests and elephant habitats

Conservationists slam draft of new government report on elephants

It fails to understand the ecology of elephants, they say