Asian Elephants are awesome creatures in this world :) They've been threatened by many risk factors. Most of them are anthropogenic. Here are some conservation strategies at national and global level and what an individual can do. Suitable design for elephant habitat is also discussed. Have a look and know more about this cute and heaviest animal ! ^.^

1. CONSERVATION & STRATEGIES
BS HONS(2012-2016)
Department of Env.
Sciences

2. Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Proboscidea
Family: Elephantidae
Genus: Elephas
Species: E. maximus

3. 40,000 to 50,000 according to
WWF recently provided data.

5.  Grasslands,
 Tropical Evergreen Forests
 Semi-evergreen Forests
 Moist Deciduous Forests
 Dry Deciduous Forests
 Dry Thorn Forests

7.  Reproduction
 Food They Eat
 Communication
 Intelligence

16.  500 years old tradition

20. Male elephants are killed
Population Decreases
Leads to inbreeding
High Mortality

21.  Wiping of Entire Population
 1990’s: haemorrhagic septicaemia
 Swellings on body
 Severe fever leads to death

24. At Government Level
 Improving care and management
 Training and mentoring the next generation
 alleviate human-elephant conflict
 increasing law enforcement
 Conducting community outreach and awareness
 Training and regional workshops

25. At community level
 Determining best evidenced-
based/adaptive management
 Encouraging tolerance of people for
living with elephants
 Identifying and assisting with
development of alternative livelihoods
 Strategic protection of habitat

26. At individual level
 Use Your Talents and Skills
 Help Stop the Ivory Trade and Poaching
 Be an Eco-Tourist
 Don't go on an Elephant-back Safari
 Support Efforts that will Improve the Lives of
Elephants in Zoos

27. CITES
To regulate trade
In certain wildlife
Species, including
Elephants.

28. WWF
Helping improve
The livelihoods of
People living
Alongside elephants

29.  Elephant Trade Information
System (ETIS)
System analyzes levels
And trends in illegal
Trade in ivory and other
Elephant products.

30.  IUCN
To promote the long-term
Conservation of Asia's
Elephants.

31.  Asian Nature Conservation
Foundation India
 Asian Elephant Conservation
Fund
 Save the Elephants (STE)
organization
 Earth Day Network India (EDN-
India)

33.  Sufficient opportunity and
space to move about freely
and comfortably, and to
Exercise choice to reduce
Stress and maintain good
Physical condition.
 Habitat must provide Security from predators and
unauthorized human access.

34.  Enclosures should be;
 designed to allow for proper, safe cleaning and
drainage.
 designed, constructed and maintained to securely
contain elephants and to
 present no likelihood of harm to them.
 to allow for elephants' normal defense reactions

35.  Barbed or razor wire are not used.
 High tensile electric fencing
may be used but is discouraged
for use as a primary barrier.
 Fence material should be
sufficiently secured so that
the weight of the elephants
could not detach it from the support.

36.  Any vegetation capable of harming
elephants should be kept out of reach of
elephants.
 All plant materials in an enclosure must be
evaluated for potential toxicity before use,
 including leaves, buds, seeds, fruit, bark
and flowers.

37.  Elephants have space to seek refuge from sun,
wind.
 Shelter does not create ‘dead ends’ in which
individuals can be trapped by other group members.
 Shade and shelter are provided in multiple
locations.
 Shade and shelter can be created through natural
and artificial means including shade trees, shade
fabric or outbuildings.

38.  The temperature should be within an acceptable range
( between 4.5ºC to 23ºC).
 Optimal humidity should be between 40% and 70%.
Humidity should not be kept above 80% in controlled
environment.
 Heat Recovery Ventilators and Energy Recovery
Ventilators can provide fresh outdoor air with minimal heat
loss.
 Light, natural and artificial, should be appropriate for the
species housed in terms of intensity, spectrum and duration.