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Author: Raman Sukumar
Publisher: Marg Publications
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9789380581101
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book traces the evolving role and significance of the Asian elephant in relation to humankind through the ages, from their earliest origins to the present.
Author: R. Sukumar
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780521437585
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis ecological analysis of elephant-human interaction, and its implications for the conservation of Asian elephants, includes recommendations on conservation and management, taking into consideration the socio-economic characteristics of the Asian region.
Author: Jacob Shell
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2019-06-11
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0393247775
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“No one who loves elephants or how humans interact with wildlife should pass up Jacob Shell’s remarkable book.” —Dan Flores, author of Coyote America Giants of the Monsoon Forest journeys deep into the mountainous rainforests of Burma and India to explore the world of teak logging elephants and their intriguing alliance with humans. Jacob Shell’s narrative vividly depicts elephants’ extraordinary intelligence, and the complicated bond with individual human riders, a partnership that can last for decades. Giants of the Monsoon Forest reveals an unexpected relationship between evolution in the natural world and political struggles in the human one, while considering how Asia’s secret forest culture might offer a way to help protect the fragile spaces both elephants and humans need to survive.
Author: Thomas R. Trautmann
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2015-08-03
Total Pages: 389
ISBN-13: 022626453X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBecause of their enormous size, elephants have long been irresistible for kings as symbols of their eminence. In early civilizations—such as Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Indus Civilization, and China—kings used elephants for royal sacrifice, spectacular hunts, public display of live captives, or the conspicuous consumption of ivory—all of them tending toward the elephant’s extinction. The kings of India, however, as Thomas R. Trautmann shows in this study, found a use for elephants that actually helped preserve their habitat and numbers in the wild: war. Trautmann traces the history of the war elephant in India and the spread of the institution to the west—where elephants took part in some of the greatest wars of antiquity—and Southeast Asia (but not China, significantly), a history that spans 3,000 years and a considerable part of the globe, from Spain to Java. He shows that because elephants eat such massive quantities of food, it was uneconomic to raise them from birth. Rather, in a unique form of domestication, Indian kings captured wild adults and trained them, one by one, through millennia. Kings were thus compelled to protect wild elephants from hunters and elephant forests from being cut down. By taking a wide-angle view of human-elephant relations, Trautmann throws into relief the structure of India’s environmental history and the reasons for the persistence of wild elephants in its forests.
Author: Claire Ng
Publisher:
Published: 2021-05-12
Total Pages: 82
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearn all about Asian elephants and their animal friends with this fact-filled activity book for kids aged 4-6! Classic activities including mazes, pattern recognition, drawing, coloring, word games and numbers are all themed to bring home concepts related to nature and wildlife. Plus cute and fun craft activities with templates that will appeal to all ages! Easy color-coded guide on skill level for each activity and tips for grown-ups when help is needed. Based on the latest science, this activity book not only beautiful but all proceeds benefit Trunks & Leaves Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to Asian elephant conservation. 40 pages with answer keys and color photos.Activity types: spot-the-difference, numbers, coloring, drawing, maze, word puzzles, matching, origami, DIY cut-and-glue crafts. Skills: Reading, writing, counting, coloring, drawing, cut and paste.
Author: Charles Santiapillai
Publisher: IUCN
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9782880329976
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Action Plan considers elephant populations across Asia on the basis of size and provides recommendations to enhance their long-term survival. It also considers the management of elephants in captivity. Given that the basis for improved management of elephants throughout Asia must be sound systematic scientific research, the Action Plan recommends a number of research projects that need to be carried out in the field.
Author: J. C. Daniel
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a collection of excerpts from articles on elephants from the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. It provides a detailed account of the behavior and habitat of the Asian Elephant.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 88
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Raman Sukumar
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003-09-11
Total Pages: 495
ISBN-13: 0198026730
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Living Elephants is the authoritative resource for information on both Asian and African elephants. From the ancient origins of the proboscideans to the present-day crisis of the living elephants, this volume synthesizes the behavior, ecology and conservation of elephants, while covering also the history of human interactions with elephants, all within the theoretical framework of evolutionary biology. The book begins with a survey of the 60-million year evolutionary history of the proboscideans emphasizing the role of climate and vegetation change in giving rise to a bewildering array of species, but also discussing the possible role of humans in the late Pleistocene extinction of mastodonts and mammoths. The latest information on the molecular genetics of African and Asian elephants and its taxonomic implications are then presented. The rise of the elephant culture in Asia, and its early demise in Africa are traced along with an original interpretation of this unique animal-human relationship. The book then moves on to the social life of elephants as it relates to reproductive strategies of males and females, development of behavior in young, communication, ranging patterns, and societal organization. The foraging strategies of elephants, their impact on the vegetation and landscape are then discussed. The dynamics of elephant populations in relation to hunting for ivory and their population viability are described with the aid of mathematical models. A detailed account of elephant-human interactions includes a treatment of crop depredation by elephants in relation to their natural ecology, manslaughter by elephants, habitat manipulation by humans, and a history of the ivory trade and poaching in the two continents. The ecological information is brought together in the final chapter to formulate a set of pragmatic recommendations for the long-term conservation of elephants. The broadest treatment of the subject yet undertaken, by one of the leading workers in the field, Raman Sukumar, the book promises to bring the understanding of elephants to a new level. It should be of interest not only to biologists but also a broader audience including field ecologists, wildlife administrators, historians, conservationists and all those interested in elephants and their future.
Author: Paul A. Rees
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2020-09-27
Total Pages: 411
ISBN-13: 0128167262
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book draws together, for the first time, the published research on the behaviour, ecology and welfare of elephants living in zoos, circuses, logging camps and other captive environments in a single comprehensive volume. It takes a multi-disciplinary approach, considering the work of zoo biologists, animal behaviour and welfare scientists, veterinarians, philosophers, zoo educators, tourism specialists, conservation biologists, lawyers and others with a professional interest in elephants. Elephants under Human Care: The Behaviour, Ecology, and Welfare of Elephants in Captivity is a valuable resource for zoo biology and animal welfare researchers. It is also useful for students and zoo professionals and managers looking for a comprehensive guide to current research on captive elephants. Although not intended as a husbandry manual, the book discusses some of the elephant welfare standards developed by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) and their relationship to current knowledge of captive elephants. - Includes results of captive studies compared with field studies of wild elephants - Features original images of elephant behaviour as they live and behave under human care - Includes results of the author's original research including many original photographs - Considers future implications of research for the welfare and conservation of elephants, both for elephants in captivity and those living in the wild
