Census on wild elephants in Nilgiris Bio-sphere

ew Kerala
April 30, 2007
Kalpetta, Kerala, Apr 30: A Census on wild elephants will be undertaken in Nilgiris biosphere, considered the most favourable habitat of the pachyderms in Asia, from May 6-8.
It would be under the joint auspices of Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu Forest and Wildlife Departments.
The census will be held simultaneously in the forest regions of Mudumala, Bandipur National Park, Nagarholla National Park and Wayanad Wildlife sanctuary.
Due to severe drought prevailing in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu forests, elephants were still concentrating in Wayanad forests.
The Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary is under 'Project Elephant.' Besides enumeration of elephants, the census aimed to categorise the groups according to their gender, age, size and also record

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