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Before the last trumpet

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

Elephantine blues

A rise in the elephant population in the Chandaka reserve forests raises the basic question of ecological management keeping human needs in mind

Pressure tactics

The logistics of conservation

Wildlife mismanaged

The biggest threat to wildlife comes from foresters themselves

Making slow headway

Hurdles in the way of a buffer zone in Arunachal tiger reserve

Towards a tusk-less future

The role of tusks in sexual selection questioned

On the trail of rampaging elephants

Down To Earth reporters visit human-elephant conflict zones and discover that affected people are increasingly venting their ire on forest staff …

Rogues tamed

In a unique operation, forest departments of two states use trained elephants to capture crop-raiding tuskers in the forests of southern Maharashtra

Whose corridor is it?

A proposed elephant corridor has turned eco-sensitive Sigur plataeu into a war zone

Elite in an ivory tower

Parbati Barua's predicament: What kills an elephant?

On march 6, 2003 all of us came to know what Parbati Barua had done. It made sensational news: she had -- sin of sins -- killed an elephant. As …

Elephants cause havoc in Dumka

So does the state forest department...

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 …

Elephants pit

Scientist R SUKUMAR of the Centre for Ecological Studies, Bangalore, says that DTE correspondent Anju Sharma was slipshod in her homework on elephants

An unholy bondage

Temple elephants live in utter misery

Rogue elephants in the backyard

A study explains why peaceful pachyderms go on rampages that leave crops and humans devastated

Fights for space

Once harmonious, the human-elephant relationship has taken an ugly turn. Faulty forest policies and nationwide destruction of elephant habitats …