eleblog

“Concerned about the plight of captive elephants, the Centre has started a project to keep a track on the number of elephants in the region. Under ‘Project Elephant’, microchips will be inserted in wild elephants to prevent their further captivity” - ExpressIndia.Com

“A microchip has been implanted on Ganesan, the temple elephant of the famous Lord Saneeswara temple at Tirunallar near Karaikal here.”- The Hindu

“All the owners of captive elephants have been requested to produce their elephants for verification , micro-chipping and issuing of health card at the following venues.” - Newindpress.com

“From three-year-old Unnikuttan to 95-year-old Gangadharan, a dozen elephants queued up as the Kerala government Saturday launched its programme of implanting a microchip in them in place of registration papers. ” - The Economic Times

“Elephants in Kerala are going hi-tech with the implantation of exclusive 10-digit microchip identity cards in their bodies for research purposes.” - Gulfnews

“An expert committee constituted by the Centre, that was studying the status of captive elephants across the country, has issued radical new directions to help forest officials keep track of such pachyderms.” - The Times of India