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India is a global leader in Elephant Conservation with 60% of world's wild
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He further underlined the need for cross-sectoral engagement, community participation, and scientific approaches to reduce human-elephant conflict while ensuring the well-being of local communities.
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On World Elephant Day, Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin highlights AI-early warning
Updated : 7 months ago IST
"In Coimbatore, the Minister of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Bhupendra Yadav, is joining the celebrations and will visit our AI-powered early warning system at Madukkarai, which has enabled over 2,800 safe elephant crossings since February 2024 with zero t
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World Elephant Day observed with a call for human-elephant co-existence
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World Elephant Day is observed annually on August 12 to promote the conservation and protection of elephants, while addressing the growing issue of human-elephant conflict. The day aims to ensure that elephants can thrive without clashes with human populations.
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"Save our habitat": Sudarsan Pattnaik creates 12-foot long elephant sculpt
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Padma Shri awardee and internationally acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik marked World Elephant Day by creating a 12-foot-long sand sculpture of an elephant.
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Begin the Process of Retiring Elephants in Jaipur, says World Animal Prote
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New Delhi [India], August 11: On the occasion of World Elephant Day, World Animal Protection is renewing calls for the retirement of the eighty odd elephants that are still kept in captivity in Amer Fort and Haathi Gaon in Jaipur and Rajasthan. For more than two decades, activists have been
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World Elephant Day to be celebrated in Coimbatore, human-elephant conflict
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The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Forest Department, will organise the World Elephant Day celebration on August 12 in Coimbatore. The annual event reaffirms the global commitment to conserve one of the planet's most ico
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Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve celebrates World Elephant Day
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve (KNP&TR) celebrated World Elephant Day on Monday with a series of events aimed at honouring these majestic creatures and promoting awareness about their conservation.
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Tamil Nadu: Elephant Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre celebrates World Ele
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On the occasion of World Elephant Day, the Forest Department along with the local people celebrated the largest mammal on land at the Government Elephant Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre at Trichy M.R. Palayam on Monday.
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Elephants linked to India's culture, history: PM Modi
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
"World Elephant Day is an occasion to appreciate the wide range of community efforts to protect elephants. At the same time, we reaffirm our commitment to doing everything possible to ensure elephants get a conducive habitat where they can thrive. For us in India, the elephant is linked t
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World Animal Protection Calls on Rajasthan Chief Minister to End Elephant
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10: On the occasion of World Elephant Day, World Animal Protection, has written to the Chief Minister of Rajasthan to express concern about the plight of the elephants used for riding at Amer fort in Jaipur in Rajasthan and seeking his intervention to put an end to
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Elephants are associated with India’s rich natural heritage, says PM Modi
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
"On World Elephant Day, we reiterate our commitment to protect the elephant, which is very closely associated with India’s rich natural heritage," Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote on X.
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Stop Elephant Rides in Amer Fort, Urges World Animal Protection and Rajast
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], August 12: On the occasion of World Elephant Day, World Animal Protection has urged the Chief Minister of Rajasthan to end elephant rides and retire the elephants to a wildlife friendly sanctuary. More than 150 individuals of Rajasthan Road Riders participated in
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