Management of Elephant Camps and Elephant Care

Abstract

Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), has been serving mankind for various economical, aesthetical and socio-religious works for many centuries. Due to recent technological development and depletion of habitat, Asian elephant has become an endangered species. To increase the elephant population by captive breeding for domestic purpose and study of their proper breeding biology, behaviour and requirement, for better management of wild populations, it is necessary to study the captive management of domestic elephants and to collect data on various aspects of their management. This study deals with the current management of captive elephants in Kanha National Park, in particular and at other places specially Burma and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in general Various aspects of proper captive management of elephants, their breeding and veterinary care, keeping of proper records about captive elephants etc. have been discussed.