Tag: Elephant Population

Bhubaneswar: Elephant population have increased by 22 in Odisha, informed Forest and Environment Minister Bijayshree Routray while releasing the 2017 elephant census report today. The number of elephants in the State showed a marginal increase from 1,954 in 2015 to 1,976 in the current year, despite various cases of jumbo deaths across the State. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Notwithstanding regular death of jumbos due to different reasons in the state, elephant population was found to have increased marginally to 1,974 this year from 1954 in 2015. A preliminary report on the elephant headcount carried out across eight circles and 44 divisions in the state said the number of elephants have jumped to […]