Newkerala.com
July 15, 2007
Mysore, July 15: The elephant census from Chamarajanagara Wildlife Division in forest circle has indicated a rise in the male -female sex ratio of the pachyderm.
The census has indicated that there is one male elephant for every four female elephants in the region and the sex ratio has been described as healthy.
The Conservator of forests Chamarajanagara circles sources told UNI that the census was conducted for three days in the first week of May as part of an exercise held simultaneously in Bandipur, Nagarahole National Parks and other wildlife sanctuaries to ascertain the approximate number of wild elephants in the country.
It used the block count, line transact and water hole count methods to examine family size, elephant structure and population trends.
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