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Why in NEWS?
- The details of the first survey of captive elephants in the country were submitted in an affidavit by the MoEFCC to the Supreme Court.
- 2,454 elephants in captivity.
- 664 of the total captive elephants in the country are without ownership certificate.
Details
- The affidavit covers data for 28 states and Union Territories.
- Assam and Kerala
- Private custody
Reason for the survey
- In Nov 18, the Court had pulled up the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) for not having data on the number of elephants held captive.
Project Elephant
- Project Elephant was launched in 1992 by the Government of India Ministry of Environment and Forests to provide financial and technical support of wildlife management efforts by states for their free ranging populations of wild Asian Elephants.
Man-Animal Conflict
- Human-wildlife conflict refers to interaction between wild animals and people and resultant negative impact on people or their resources, or wild animals or their habitat.
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