Comments on: “Role of Captive Elephants in Wildlife Conservation”, IWC’s Monthly Online Chat http://delhigreens.com/2007/05/16/role-of-captive-elephants-in-wildlife-conservation-iwcs-monthly-online-chat/ The Delhi Greens Blog highlights the environmental issues in the city of Delhi, in the wake of global warming and climate change. The dynamic Urban Ecology of Delhi is the inspiration of this blog. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:42:57 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: “Bear Conservation and Protection”, IWC’s Monthly Online Chat « :: Delhi Greens :: http://delhigreens.com/2007/05/16/role-of-captive-elephants-in-wildlife-conservation-iwcs-monthly-online-chat/comment-page-1/#comment-151 “Bear Conservation and Protection”, IWC’s Monthly Online Chat « :: Delhi Greens :: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:05:20 +0000 http://delhigreens.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/role-of-captive-elephants-in-wildlife-conservation-iwcs-monthly-online-chat/#comment-151 [...] “Role of Captive Elephants in Wildlife Conservation”, IWC’s Online Monthly Chat [...] [...] “Role of Captive Elephants in Wildlife Conservation”, IWC’s Online Monthly Chat [...]

]]> By: siddhant bhartee http://delhigreens.com/2007/05/16/role-of-captive-elephants-in-wildlife-conservation-iwcs-monthly-online-chat/comment-page-1/#comment-150 siddhant bhartee Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:57:27 +0000 http://delhigreens.wordpress.com/2007/05/16/role-of-captive-elephants-in-wildlife-conservation-iwcs-monthly-online-chat/#comment-150 Captive asian elephants are used by forest officers in kanha,kaziranga,nagarhole etc to conduct tiger censuses and also in some cases to patrol the forest to keep a lookout for poachers. They are an integral part of wildlife conservation in india and nepal .The only drawback is that they are fed just 10 kg of rice each day when they should be given 150 kg of both rice and plant matter. Captive asian elephants are used by forest officers in kanha,kaziranga,nagarhole etc to conduct tiger censuses and also in some cases to patrol the forest to keep a lookout for poachers. They are an integral part of wildlife conservation in india and nepal .The only drawback is that they are fed just 10 kg of rice each day when they should be given 150 kg of both rice and plant matter.

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