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“To keep a check on poaching and other illegal activities in forests, the state forest department has bought five elephants from Assam to guard the forest reserves of Dudhwa and Katarniyaghat. ” - ExpressIndia

“A female elephant from Assam is in the midst of an ownership battle between the administration of the famous Manki temple here and the forest department.” - Newindpress.com

“Project Elephant (PE), a centrally sponsored scheme, was launched in February 1992 to provide financial and technical support to major elephant bearing States in the country for protection of elephants, their habitats and corridors. It also seeks to address the issues of human-elephant conflict and welfare of domesticated elephants. The Project is being implemented in 13 States / UTs , viz. Andhra pradesh , Arunachal Pradesh , Assam , Jharkhand , Karnataka , Kerala , Meghalaya , Nagaland , Orissa , Tamil Nadu , Uttranchal , Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.” - PIB Press Release

“A female elephant from Assam is in the midst of an ownership battle between the administration of the famous Manki temple here and the forest department.” - Newindpress.com

“Poachers killed an elephant and sawed off its trunk inside Raimona forest in Assam’s Kokrajhar district along the Indo-Bhutan border.” - The Telegraph

“Elephants in Assam State Zoo can now roam around without heavy chains as authorities have envisaged “scientific” enclosures for them where they can live in natural surroundings.” - The Hindu

“The Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) along with its partner the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the Assam forest department has rescued and rehabilitated 13 abandoned elephant calves in Assam. Five of these were reunited with their natal herds almost immediately after their rescue. The remaining 8 animals have been hand-raised by trained wildlife staff in the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) based near Kaziranga National Park.” - Wildlife Extra

“The number of Asiatic elephants is on the rise in Manas National Park situated in Baksa district of Assam.” - The Telegraph

“The string, commonly known as parachute yarn, is strung at a height of around eight feet in the anticipated route of wild elephants. Once the elephant – an adult is more than eight feet in height – brushes against the string, the hair on its head gets entwined in it. With a feeling that the elephant particularly detests, the animal halts, and then retreats with the herd on its heels. ” - The Assam Tribune

“The Gauhati High Court today admitted a public interest litigation (PIL) on protection and conservation of wild elephants arising out of frequent human-elephant conflicts and for protection of human life and property from elephant depredations in the State. ” - The Assam Tribune

“The district has been reeling under the threat posed by a marauding herd of elephants which has been foraging in the riverine areas along the Brahmaputra river for the past one month. Due to the failure of the Jorhat Forest Division to chase away the wild jumbos from human-inhabited areas so far, the situation has turned tense in vast localities in north Jorhat. ” - The Assam Tribune Online

“In yet another instance of man-animal conflict arising out of dwindling vegetation, a herd of rampaging wild elephants killed one person and caused massive destruction to property in Deopara in Assam.” - Thaindian News

“Continuous depredation by a herd of wild elephants in and around Kartik Chapori of the west Jorhat area, about 20 km off Dergaon has caused immense damage to the villagers in terms of destruction of houses and agricultural land. About 100 elephants have damaged as many as 150 houses in the past few months and vegetable farms etc, compelling the villagers to take shelter at Nahatia HS School and Nahatia Namghar and spend sleepless nights.” - The Assam Tribune Online

“After two days of trying, Forest personnel today managed to rescue an elephant calf from inside the Anchang Wildlife Sanctuary on the outskirts of the city. The calf, a one-month-old female, is now recuperating at the Assam State Zoo.” - The Assam Tribune Online

“The man-elephant conflict has assumed an alarming proportion here at the remote rural parts bordering Meghalaya with the incidents of killing as well as colossal destruction of standing crops by the herd of jumbos becoming the order of the day. The ill-fated farmers are reportedly on the receiving end as the menace has taken heavy toll on their already distressed economic state. Yet the Government is far from taking the matter seriously.” - The Assam Tribune Online

“The riverine areas of the district have been reeling under the impact of the depredations caused by a huge herd of wild elephants since the last fortnight. Villagers in Neamati, Meleng and Jhanjimukh areas along Brahmaputra river in northern Jorhat have been perturbed by the presence of the herd which has been devouring standing crops at random. The marauding jumbos are believed to have crossed over Brahmaputra from Majuli subdivision in search of food reserves.” - The Assam Tribune Online

“In Living Side by Side, a series of wildlife films, Barua’s camera pans across the wetlands and national parks of Assam in search of the gentle giants of the wild. Rhinos of Kaziranga, Pobitora and Manas find a place in Barua’s well-researched documentary along with Asiatic elephants.” - The Telegraph

“Wildlife experts in Assam are experimenting with the world’s hottest pepper to prevent wild elephants from destroying homes and crops and attacking people who live close to the pachyderm’s habitat, the Associated Press reported. ” - National Geographic News