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Assam Elephants Death-Report indicates Lighting
Around eighteen Asian elephants died in Nagaon district of Assam recently. It is a proposed reserve forest. Prior to this, such mass death of elephants occurred in 2001. Around 21 elephants were poisoned to death in 2001 in the adjoining tiger reserves of Pakke and Nameri across Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. What happened? On the ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Assam • Elephants • forest reserve • Lightning • Lightning strike
Central Team Report on Odisha Elephant Deaths
In the month of January-February six elephants died at the Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary in Kalahandi. Following that, a central team was set up by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. The team in its preliminary report highlighted that, the elephants died because of haemorrhagic septicaemia which is caused by bacteria Pastuerella multoceda. Highlights ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Elephants • Elephants Deaths • Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary • Pasteurella multocida
World Animal Protection releases ‘ Elephants. Not commodities’ report
International animal welfare organization, World Animal Protection has reported in its new finding the dismal conditions of an elephant at entertainment venues in India and also the alarming elephant tourism trends in the country. It is also expected that these trends are going to get worse only post the COVID 19 situation. About the Report ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Asia • Elephants • Elephants. Not Commodities • India • London • World Animal Protection • WPA
96 Species of Wetland Birds recorded in Kaziranga
The home of the world’s most one-horned rhinos, Assam’s Kaziranga National Park which is about 220 Km to the east of the capital of Assam, Guwahati has recorded with a total of 19,225 birds from 80 families belonging to 96 species of wetland birds as one of the highest for any wildlife preserve in India ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Assam • Elephants • Guwahati • Kaziranga • Kaziranga National Park • Rhino • Royal Bengal Tigers • UNESCO World Heritage Site
Asian Elephant Specialist Group meeting in Malaysia
The Asian Elephant Specialist Group’s (AsESG) 10th meeting commenced in Malaysia in December. The AsESG is a group of specialists, elephant conservationists, experts and partner organizations concerned with the conservation of the Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus). It is under the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). The 10th meeting is being held at Kota ..
Topics: Animals • Asian elephant • Borneo elephant • Elephants • Elephas • Mammals • Pygmy elephant • Sri Lankan elephant • Sumatran elephant
State-wise wild elephant population
According to the revised state-wise wild elephant population estimate based on the 2017 census, jumbo population across the country stood at 29,964 against 29,576 recorded as the mean figure in 2012. The South Region accounted for 14,612 followed by North East with 10,139 elephants. Among the South Indian states, Karnataka leads the table with 6,049 ..
Topics: Elephants • Kerala • Mammals