Posts Tagged ‘elephant’

The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library invites all interested to a public lecture on 'Elephant, empire and ecology in ancient India' by Prof. Raman Sukumar of the  Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The elephant rose from the status of a supreme animal, Gajatame, in early Buddhist India to that of a supreme God, Ganesha, in Hindu India ... Full story

This month’s topic for chat is “Human-wildlife Conflict” and will be moderated by A. Christy Williams Ph.D. Full story

The killing of elephants on railway tracks in West Bengal made headlines recently. On 22nd September, seven elephants including one calf were mowed down by a Guwahati bound goods train near Moraghat level crossing around midnight. The railway track in question passes through an elephant corridor which, according ... Full story

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) recently released a Report of the Elephant Task Force (ETF) and announced the setting up of a National Elephant Conservation Authority (NECA) along with declaring the elephant as a National Heritage Animal. The specialized ETF was previously set up by the Ministry ... Full story