Poaching and militancy : the Asian elephant under siege / Binoy Kumar Behera.
Behera, Binoy Kumar, author.
2018
QL737.P98 B44 2018eb
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Title Poaching and militancy : the Asian elephant under siege / Binoy Kumar Behera.
Author Behera, Binoy Kumar, author.
ISBN 9781108562836 (electronic book)
1108562833 (electronic book)
9781108583220 (electronic book)
1108583229 (electronic book)
9781108473651
1108473652
Published Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Copyright ©2018
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xi, 147 pages) : illustrations
Call Number QL737.P98 B44 2018eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 599.67
Summary Examines the problem of poaching of elephants for ivory and looks into the factors that propagate it.
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Cover
Poaching and Militancy
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Photographic Plates
Figures
Preface
1. The Asian Elephant
Elephas maximus
Need and Objectives of the Study
Area of Study and Methodology
Tools of Data and Research Questions
Notes
2. Human-Elephant Conflict
Crop Raid
Case Study 1- Crop Raiding Pattern of a Large Elephant Herd
Crop Raiding Pattern of a Large Elephant Herd
House Damage and Attacks on Humans
Case Study 2 - Anatomy of an Elephant Attack
Aggressiveness
Charging Elephants
The Makhna and the Herd
Close Encounters
Attack
Analysis
Conflict Management
Notes
3. Elephant under Siege
CAG Report
Elephant Deaths since 2000-0
First Five-year Period, 2000-01 to 2004-05
Second Five-year Period, 2005-06 to 2009-10
Third Five-year Period, 2010-11 to 2014-15
Organised Poaching; Poaching and Organised Crime
Organised Poaching and Left-Wing militancy
Notes
4. Poaching and Militancy
Simlipal over the Years
Poaching
Park Management and District Police
The Tiger
Organised Poaching and Militancy
Anti-poaching Measures and Insurgency
Legal Issues
Notes
5. Future of the Asian Elephant
Electrocution Deaths, Train Hits and Poisoning
Elephant Distribution, Poaching, and Militancy
Attitudinal Insularity-Need for Change
Some Findings of the Study
Suggestions
Summing Up
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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