people. According to NGO WPSI the man animal conflict has lead to nearly 20 elephant getting killed between Jan 2007 and Jan 2008 in elephant corridor connecting Karnataka‚ Kerala and Tamil nadu. In Nov- Dec 2007 at least five elephant deaths were reported from Waynad plateau region in Kerala and from Bandipur forest reserve along Karnataka Tamil nadu border. Crop and livestock depredation: - A variety of mammals like elephant‚ rhino‚ deer‚ wild pig and monkeys cause immense damage to crops. Damage
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The Olive Baboon and the African Elephant have a mutual symbiotic relationship (Mutualism). The olive baboon inhabits 25 African countries ranging from the east and west coast of the continent. Their habitats are defined as the savanna‚ living in wide plains of grasslands. The African elephant can be found in many areas of Africa. Their main habitats are dense forests and woodlands. When the land gets dry and there is no water‚ the elephants are known to dig “wells” in the sand to create a
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never buy back our Wildlife." - Mild at Heart. This quote strongly puts reality out there with the fact that once most animals go extinct‚ they will most likely never come back. Poaching is a huge problem because most animals like rhinos‚ lions‚ and elephants are being poached. Their tusks and horns are said to cure certain diseases or have medicinal properties. This affects not only animal populations‚ but the human population and the black market trade. Rhino horns are sold on the black market for thousands
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Abuse In The Circus Chains‚ spikes‚ and pain is the everyday life for an animal in the circus. Performance animals‚ who experience cruel training‚ extreme punishment‚ and abuse from their handlers should be released from the circus. When people go to the circus‚ they picture a place filled with excitement‚ love‚ and entertainment. In reality‚ the place people used to love when they were children doesn’t exist‚ but is substituted with a cruel and joyless place where the animals that amazed them
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can. No matter what happens to me or no matter what someone says about me I will not fall down. This is how a lion represents me! I am very protective and altruistic just like an elephant. I put my family and friends first. I move together with my family everyday working hard just as elephants move in herds. Elephants have very good memory of their enemies too. This made me realize that often time’s
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Animal Communication: Whales vs Elephants Unlike humans‚ animals do not have a complex language system‚ but they do in fact have their own means of communication. Their main purpose is for survival and some may not even be aware they are doing it. The two mammals I chose to compare are whales and elephants and their reasons for communicating and channels of communication. Some reasons for communicating may include procreation‚ dominance and territorial rights‚ food‚ and alarms. Channels of communication
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Training animals to perform acts that are sometimes painful or that they do not understand requires whips‚ tight choker‚ electric prods and other tools. Elephants are trained through the use of an ankusa wooden stick with a sharp‚ pointed hook at the end to discourage undesired behavior. An elephant handler will never be seen working with an elephant without an ankus in one hand or discreetly tucked under his arm. Although an elephant’s skin is thick‚ it is very sensitivesensitive enough to feel a
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If anybody could witness the look of amazement and wonder on the face of a six-year old child as he‚ or she‚ sees an elephant‚ a snake or a gorilla for the very first time‚ it is unlikely that zoos would ever again be put on the defensive. Of course‚ in our society when someone mentions the word "zoo" there are people who will immediately voice their negative opinions that zoos should be closed down as it is similar to a prison for animals‚ for the sheer benefit of an unappreciative audience.
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Professor George 4/3/13 Ivory Trade Poachers in countries such as Tanzania‚ Zambia‚ Nepal‚ Saudi Arabia‚ and China are rapidly lowering the population of animals with tusks in Asia and Africa. Wild animals such as the greater one-horned rhinoceros‚ elephants‚ narwhals‚ and walruses are mercilessly hunted and killed for their horns. Governments and organizations have implemented many laws to eliminate the poaching of these animals‚ but with little success. Since 1997 poaching rates have risen substantially
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the African elephant. For many years‚ the African elephant was regarded as one species‚ due to similar features and characteristics‚ as well as living all on the same continent. However‚ recently scientists have classified them into three different species‚ due to morphological and DNA differences. Instead of just being the African elephant‚ it is now classified into West African elephants‚ Central African elephants and the Forest elephants. This happened because before‚ the elephants could interbreed
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