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Friday, March 30, 2018
Elephant in India goes berzerk at religious festival 1 dead many injured
Elephant numbers are plummeting.....
The worrying finding: Africa now has 352,271 savanna elephants left in 93 percent of the species’ range.
The aerial survey covered 18 African countries. In 15 of those, where information on previous populations existed, 144,000 elephants were lost to ivory poaching and habitat destruction in less than a decade.
The current yearly loss—overwhelmingly from poaching—is estimated at 8 percent. That’s about 27,000 elephants slaughtered year after year.
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Wednesday, October 25, 2017
This fund-raising rally is making efforts to save endangered Asian elephants
Waris Ahluwalia
Global warming and other hazardous environmental changes (mainly massive loss of habitats) has caused elephant numbers to plummet by 90 per cent in the last few years.
In the wake to safeguard the endangered species, the Elephant Family is investing all their efforts into protecting Asian elephants and their habitats. The non-profit organisation that has the royal patronage of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall as royal presidents, has supported over 160 field projects in six elephant range states: India, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Cambodia.
One such project is a series titled ‘Travels to my Elephant’, a rally the Elephant Family started back in 2015, where racers traveled across India to spotlight the plight of Asian elephants while raising funds for Indian elephant corridors.
The Elephant Family is back with a second rally this year, where 85 adventurers will embark on a 500km journey across Rajasthan in aid of the endangered Asian elephant.
To celebrate the second edition of the rally, Ruth Ganesh (Elephant Family), Ben Elliot (Quintessentially Foundation) and actor Waris Ahluwalia (Global Explorer for The Luxury Collection) hosted the send-off party in partnership with The Luxury Collection Hotels and Resorts for the racers and VIP supporters at One Horse Guards in London last night. During the evening, guests sampled limited-edition cocktails designed by The Luxury Collection London properties, using House of Waris teas.
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Global warming and other hazardous environmental changes (mainly massive loss of habitats) has caused elephant numbers to plummet by 90 per cent in the last few years.
In the wake to safeguard the endangered species, the Elephant Family is investing all their efforts into protecting Asian elephants and their habitats. The non-profit organisation that has the royal patronage of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall as royal presidents, has supported over 160 field projects in six elephant range states: India, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Cambodia.
One such project is a series titled ‘Travels to my Elephant’, a rally the Elephant Family started back in 2015, where racers traveled across India to spotlight the plight of Asian elephants while raising funds for Indian elephant corridors.
The Elephant Family is back with a second rally this year, where 85 adventurers will embark on a 500km journey across Rajasthan in aid of the endangered Asian elephant.
To celebrate the second edition of the rally, Ruth Ganesh (Elephant Family), Ben Elliot (Quintessentially Foundation) and actor Waris Ahluwalia (Global Explorer for The Luxury Collection) hosted the send-off party in partnership with The Luxury Collection Hotels and Resorts for the racers and VIP supporters at One Horse Guards in London last night. During the evening, guests sampled limited-edition cocktails designed by The Luxury Collection London properties, using House of Waris teas.
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Sunday, September 10, 2017
11% fall in elephant population
World Elephant Day on Saturday brought both good and bad news for wildlife lovers.
First, the good news. Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have together recorded an increase of
more than 1,200 wild elephants in the last five years as per a Census report released by environment
minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday.
Now, the bad news: The population of elephants in India has declined by nearly 11% or 3,399 in the
last five years — from 30,711 in 2012 to 27,312 in 2017.
“At this stage, comparisons should not be made (between 2012 and 2017), the reason being the earlier results were based on a mixture of direct and indirect counting methods, as reported by different states,” said the Census report , Synchronised Elephant Population Estimation 2017.
Harsh Vardhan said this time the results were based on the direct count method. The indirect method
includes estimation through elephant dung analysis.
The minister also launched a 15-month-long campaign — Gaj Yatra — to raise awareness about the
shrinking space for India’s wild elephants and their corridors, a probable reason for decline in their population.
The Wildlife Trust of India, which will coordinate the yatra, has mapped a total of 101 elephant
corridors.
Of 24 states surveyed, only eight reported an increase in elephant numbers. Tamil Nadu saw the biggest dip of 1,254 elephants, followed by Karnataka (439).
The report also highlighted the increasing elephant-human conflict with their habitat shrinking in
most states in which over 100 tuskers and 660 people have died since 2015.
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First, the good news. Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have together recorded an increase of
more than 1,200 wild elephants in the last five years as per a Census report released by environment
minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday.
Now, the bad news: The population of elephants in India has declined by nearly 11% or 3,399 in the
last five years — from 30,711 in 2012 to 27,312 in 2017.
“At this stage, comparisons should not be made (between 2012 and 2017), the reason being the earlier results were based on a mixture of direct and indirect counting methods, as reported by different states,” said the Census report , Synchronised Elephant Population Estimation 2017.
Harsh Vardhan said this time the results were based on the direct count method. The indirect method
includes estimation through elephant dung analysis.
The minister also launched a 15-month-long campaign — Gaj Yatra — to raise awareness about the
shrinking space for India’s wild elephants and their corridors, a probable reason for decline in their population.
The Wildlife Trust of India, which will coordinate the yatra, has mapped a total of 101 elephant
corridors.
Of 24 states surveyed, only eight reported an increase in elephant numbers. Tamil Nadu saw the biggest dip of 1,254 elephants, followed by Karnataka (439).
The report also highlighted the increasing elephant-human conflict with their habitat shrinking in
most states in which over 100 tuskers and 660 people have died since 2015.
Please credit and share this article with others using this link:https://www.pressreader.com/india/hindustan-times-delhi/20170813/281724089653832
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