Evaluation of Wall‐Barriers to Manage Human Conflict with Asian Elephants in India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lakshminarayanan Natarajan ◽  
Ankit Kumar ◽  
Qamar Qureshi ◽  
Ajay A Desai ◽  
Bivash Pandav
Keyword(s):  
Asian Elephants ◽  
Human Conflict

scholarly journals Elephant–Human Conflict in Bahundangi Region, Jhapa District, Nepal

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 59-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramesh Shrestha ◽  
Dilli Prasad Koirala
Keyword(s):  
Human Settlements ◽  
Asian Elephants ◽  
Management Measures ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Committee ◽  
Village Development Committee ◽  
Human Conflict

This study was conducted for 3½ months from January to mid–April 2013 in the areas of Bahundangi Village Development Committee (VDC) of Jhapa, east Nepal. Although Nepal has the second least number of wild Asian elephants in the world, some of the country’s areas are mostly terrorized by resident and visiting elephant herds from time to time. And, Bahundangi VDC is one of such places where numerous conflicts between wild Asian elephants and human settlements are occurring frequently. The current study was done in order to identify such conflicts like loss of properties and loss of human lives there; and loss of wild elephants so that possible management measures could be developed in order to mitigate dispute for the betterment of both sides.J. Nat. Hist. Mus. Vol. 27, 2013: 59-65

THE ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTION OF CAPTIVE SUMATRAN ELEPHANT IN ELEPHANT TRAINING CENTER, WAY KAMBAS NATIONAL PARK FOR WILDLIFE GENETICS CONSERVATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elly Lestari Rustiati ◽  
Priyambodo Priyambodo ◽  
Yanti Yulianti ◽  
Eko Agus Srihanto ◽  
Dian Neli Pratiwi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
In Situ Conservation ◽  
Training Center ◽  
Conservation Effort ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Wildlife Genetics ◽  
Way Kambas National Park ◽  
Human Conflict ◽  
Essential Contribution

Way Kambas National Park (WKNP) is home of five protected big mammals including sumatran elephants.  It shares its border with 22 of 37 villages surrounding the national park.  Understanding their existence in the wild is a priority, and  wildlife genetics is a crucially needed. Besides poaching and habitat fragmentation, wildlife-human conflict is one big issue.  Elephant Training Center (ETC) in WKNP is built for semi in-situ conservation effort on captive sumatran elephants that mainly have conflict histories with local people.  Participative observation and bio-molecular analysis were conducted to learn the importance of captive Sumatran elephant for conservation effort.  Through captive sumatran elephants, database and applicable methods are expected to be developed supporting the conservation of their population in the wild.  Participative observation and molecular identification was carried on captive sumatran elephants in ETC, WKNP under multiple year Terapan grant of Ministry of Research and Technology Higher Education, Indonesia. Gene sequence and cytological analyses showed that the captive sumatran elephants are closely related and tend to be domesticated.  Translocation among ETC to avoid inbreeding, and maintaining the captive sumatran elephant as natural as possible are highly recommended. Developing genetic database can be a reference for both captive and wild sumatran elephants.

Drug Delivery to Captive Asian Elephants - Treating Goliath

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramiro Isaza ◽  
Robert Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Drug Delivery ◽  
Asian Elephants

scholarly journals The elephant at the dump: how does garbage consumption impact Asian elephants?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dulmini J. Liyanage ◽  
Prithiviraj Fernando ◽  
P. Nihal Dayawansa ◽  
H. K. Janaka ◽  
Jennifer Pastorini
Keyword(s):  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Alimentary Tract ◽  
Natural Food ◽  
Asian Elephants ◽  
Garbage Dump ◽  
Focal Animal ◽  
Morphological Criteria ◽  
Sexual Bias ◽  
Prepared Food ◽  
Dung Analysis

AbstractWe studied garbage consumption by Asian elephants at the Uddakandara garbage dump in southern Sri Lanka. Garbage at the dump was classified under six categories and quantified using a grid overlay. Elephants visiting the dump were individually identified by morphological criteria and items and quantities consumed by them were determined by focal animal sampling. Dung of elephants that did not consume garbage and those from the dump were compared quantitatively and dung constituents assessed by washing through three layered sieves. A total of 17 individual elephants visited the garbage dump during the study period, all of who were males. The observed sexual bias could be related to behavioural differences between the sexes. Elephants mostly consumed ‘fruits and vegetables’ and ‘prepared food’, possibly due to their higher palatability and nutritional value. Ingestion of polythene was incidental and associated with consuming prepared food. Proportions of the six categories in elephant diet and garbage piles were significantly different, indicating that elephants were highly selective when feeding. Elephant arrivals increased in response to unloading of garbage, suggesting attraction to fresh garbage. Dung analysis found that garbage consumption did not change the quantity and constituents of dung, except for the presence of anthropogenic items. As consumed anthropogenic items were regularly excreted, retention and obstruction of the alimentary tract are unlikely in elephants. Elephants feeding on garbage had better body condition than non-garbage consuming elephants, indicating that garbage provided better nutrition than natural food and was not detrimental to their health.

scholarly journals There will be conflict – agricultural landscapes are prime, rather than marginal, habitats for Asian elephants

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. de la Torre ◽  
E. P. Wong ◽  
A. M. Lechner ◽  
N. Zulaikha ◽  
A. Zawawi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Landscapes ◽  
Asian Elephants ◽  
Marginal Habitats

Social Dynamics of a Newly Integrated Bachelor Group of Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus): Welfare implications

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Amy L. Schreier ◽  
Taylor S. Readyhough ◽  
Anneke Moresco ◽  
Maura Davis ◽  
Sharon Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Elephas Maximus ◽  
Asian Elephants ◽  
Welfare Implications

scholarly journals Seed dispersal potential of Asian elephants

2016 ◽  
Vol 77 ◽  
pp. 144-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franziska K. Harich ◽  
Anna C. Treydte ◽  
Joseph O. Ogutu ◽  
John E. Roberts ◽  
Chution Savini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
Asian Elephants ◽  
Dispersal Potential

THE OCCURRENCE OF ELEPHANT ENDOTHELIOTROPIC HER-PESVIRUS IN CAPTIVE ASIAN ELEPHANTS (ELEPHAS MAXIMUS): FIRST CASE OF EEHV4 IN ASIA

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Supaphen Sripiboon ◽  
Pallop Tankaew ◽  
Grishda Lungka ◽  
Chatchote Thitaram
Keyword(s):  
Elephas Maximus ◽  
Asian Elephants ◽  
First Case
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