Increase In The Number Of Elephants:
Estimates suggest that the number of elephants in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu has increased.
- Karnataka’s elephants increased from 6,049 in 2017 to 6,395 in 2023, the reports showed.
- In Tamil Nadu, there was a rise to 2,961 in 2023 from 2,761 in 2017.
- Meanwhile, in Kerala, the population has dropped from 9,026 to 4,306 in the same period.
- The overall elephant population for the three states was registered to be 13,662 in 2023, compared to 17,836 in 2017.
Conservation Status:-
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of threatened species:
- African Forest Elephant– Critically Endangered
- African Savanna Elephant– Endangered
- Asian Elephant– Endangered
- Convention of the Migratory Species (CMS): Appendix I
- Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule I
