Elephant tales

A new book recounts the intimate experiences of prominent writers with elephants. Exclusive excerpts

On the trail of the hungry herd

A stray herd of elephants in West Bengal was hounded by villagers and government officials, who feared destruction of their crop. The incident …

Project Tiger merges with Project Elephant — but questions on fund split unanswered

Amalgamation will squeeze already dwindling fund flow, say experts; similar plan was rolled back in 2011 after experts raised concerns

Before the last trumpet

Captive elephants of Kerala suffer because there is no proper policy for their management and welfare

Efforts to reconnect elephant corridors must be carefully planned

Advancements of landscape ecology, not just expert knowledge, need to be tapped into for identifying and restoring such corridors

Funding for elephants

Mayhem in Wynad

Bangkok

SOUTH AFRICA

Trade bans no lease on life for elephants

The last herd

CONGO

Zimbabwe

CAMBODIA

An unholy bondage

Temple elephants live in utter misery

Lethal culling

Demystifying a "legend"

Orissa focus on saving elephants

Earlier proposal to create elephant reserves was discarded

Pachyderm dilemma

Zimbabwe, which is hosting the June convention on endangered species, is fighting for right to controlled trade in ivory

A glimpse into the grey picture of human-elephant conflicts in Meghalaya

Considering humans (though contentious) to be the most adaptive and intelligent species among all, can’t we take the first step towards …

World Elephant Day: It is time to retire Amer Fort’s working elephants

A non-profit, World Animal Protection, has urged the Rajasthan government to retire elephants used to give joyrides to tourists at Amer Fort in Jaipur

Elephant electrocuted in Odisha: Third death in 34 days

As many as 732 elephants died between 2009 and 2019 in Odisha 

World Elephant Day: Poaching of elephants for their skin could wipe them out

Poaching elephants for their skins to use in Asian medicine, will not just target males but also females and calves 

World Elephant Day: India’s jumbos stare at a worrying future

Today only about 27,000 wild elephants remain in India, as opposed to a million a decade ago. There has been a 98 per cent nose-dive in their …

‘China committed to supporting conservation of African wildlife’

Senior Beijing official addresses delegates at a workshop in Nairobi, says China has been and will cooperate with African governments to save …