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"Let a person walk along with  few wishes, committing no wrong, Like an Elephant in the forest"
 

Conservation of Elephants

Asian Elephant, the icon of our biological wealth is in the brim of extinction. Only 45,000 are left in the wild.  They are distributed in 13 Asian countries: India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Srilanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Threats to elephants..

  1. Poaching for Ivory

  2. Destruction of natural habitat

  3. Human-elephant conflict

  4. Illegal capture of wild elephants for tourism

 

Satellite tracking using GPS technology

Elephant babies can be purchased for only $10,000  along the Thailand-Burma border.

Do you know.....
Elephant spends large part of the day (18 hours)  for eating!!!!