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When an Indian divisional forest official found an elephant in labor on a set of train tracks at 3 a.m., he knew he had to ...
India's train tracks run straight through elephant country, and collisions are a big problem. Meet a team trying to get one victim back on her feet.
Conflict between elephants and humans is a growing, and potentially deadly, problem in some parts of India. Now, the state of Assam, a northeastern region famous for its rolling tea plantations ...
A so-called “elephant man” in India, who has drawn comparisons to the Hindu god Ganesh, would rather live a normal life.
Vijendra Shekhawat spotted the potential of the smelly but fibrous dung during the very first time he met an elephant ...
After an evening walk under overcast skies with rains not far away, elephants rescued from circuses and temples in India are treated to a feast of their favourite fruits and vegetables to ...
The decision means that all elephants living in India’s zoos and circuses -- an estimated 140 pachyderms in 26 zoos and 16 circuses -- will be moved to ‘elephant camps’ run by the nation’s ...
Artisans in southern India made sculptures of elephants they personally knew. The Great Elephant Migration traveling art exhibition aims to spread awareness about conservation efforts.
A life-sized mechanical elephant will take part in ceremonies at a temple in the southern Indian state of Kerala, amid concerns about the welfare of animals used for rituals.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of World Elephant Day reiterated India's commitment to protect elephants as they are "associated with India's rich natural heritage". The Prime ...
On World Elephant Day, which fell on Monday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi affirmed the government’s effort to provide suitable habitat for elephants to thrive. What do you think?