Consider the following pairs of elephant reserves and respective states:

Terai – Uttar Pradesh

Lemru – Jharkhand

Agasthymalai – Kerala

Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?

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Centre has approved setting up Terai Elephant Reserve (TER) at Dudhwa-Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh.
Elephant reserves are created under Project Elephant, a centrally sponsored scheme launched in 1992. Tamil Nadu and Assam have the highest number of elephant reserves with five each.
Other recently created elephant reserves in news:
Lemru, Chhattisgarh
Agasthymalai, Tamil Nadu.
Asiatic Elephant (IUCN: Endangered) is recognized as a National Heritage Animal and has been given the highest degree of protection under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and Appendix I of CITES. India has the largest population of Asian elephants with 30,000 wild and 3,600 captive ones.

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Centre has approved setting up Terai Elephant Reserve (TER) at Dudhwa-Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh.
Elephant reserves are created under Project Elephant, a centrally sponsored scheme launched in 1992. Tamil Nadu and Assam have the highest number of elephant reserves with five each.
Other recently created elephant reserves in news:
Lemru, Chhattisgarh
Agasthymalai, Tamil Nadu.
Asiatic Elephant (IUCN: Endangered) is recognized as a National Heritage Animal and has been given the highest degree of protection under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and Appendix I of CITES. India has the largest population of Asian elephants with 30,000 wild and 3,600 captive ones.

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