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  SCIENCE, WELFARE AND PRACTICE     Captive Elephant Husbandry: Science, Welfare and Practice is a comprehensive, science-based manual developed by the Project Elephant Division, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, in collaboration with the Elephant Cell, Wildlife Institute of India. The publication provides practical guidance on nutrition, housing, healthcare, behavioral management, stress reduction, safe handling, and legal compliance, with the aim of promoting compassionate, scientifically informed, and welfare-oriented management of elephants under human care in India.
       
Elephant_Care_and_Management     Elephant Care and Management: A Guide for Elephant Handlers is a comprehensive, practice-oriented manual developed by the Project Elephant Division of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Wildlife Institute of India. The manual recognizes that while conservation is the priority for wild elephants, welfare is the central concern for elephants under human care, and that elephant handlers (mahouts) form the backbone of captive elephant management in India.
       
   

Healthy Feet, Healthy Elephants: A Guide  to Foot Care in Captive Asian Elephants
Citation : Nigam, P., Sarma, K.K., Kumar S. and Pandey, R. (Eds.) 2025. Healthy Feet, Healthy Elephants: A Guide to Foot Care in Captive Asian Elephants. Project Elephant Division, MoEF&CC, GoI- Wildlife Institute of India. Pp. 53; [ISBN: 978-93-49520-51-6].
     

   

Technical Manual Transportation Essentials for Asian Elephants
Citation: Wildlife Institute of India (WII). (2020). Transportation Essentials for Asian Elephants (Technical Manual). Uttarakhand Forest Department-Wildlife Institute of India collaborative project. TR/1- 2021. Pp28
       
   

Chemical Capture and collaring of free-ranging elephants
Citation: Nigam, P., Pandav, B., Habib, B., Lakshminarayanan, N., and Malik, P.K., (2020). Chemical Capture and collaring of free-ranging elephants (Elephas maximus): Field Essentials. Technical Manual. Wildlife Institute of India–Pp 29. TR/WII/2020
       
   

 

Conservation Management of Elephants in Chhattisgarh: Capacity Building Initiative on the Dispersal and Ranging Patterns of Elephants for Effective Management of Human–elephant Interactions
Citation: Nigam, P., Pandav, B., Mondol, S., Lakshminarayanan, N., Kumar, A., Nandwanshi, V. B., Das, J., Biswas, S., Udhayaraj A.D., Vishwakarma, R., Habib, B., Miachieo, K., and Narasingh Rao, P.V. (2022), “Conservation Management of Elephants in Chhattisgarh: Capacity Building Initiative on the Dispersal and Ranging Patterns of Elephants for Effective Management of Human–elephant Interactions”. Technical Report of the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun submitted to Chhattisgarh Forest Department (WII TR. No. 2022/25), pp.132.
       
   

Mitigation of Human-Elephant Conflict in and around Rajaji Tiger Reserve with Emphasis on Mitigation Strategies during Kumbh. 2021
Citation: Nigam, P., Mondol, S., Habib, B., Lakshminarayanan, N., Das, J., Biswas, S., Pandav, B., (2022), “2.      Mitigation of Human-Elephant Conflict in and around Rajaji Tiger Reserve with Emphasis on Mitigation Strategies during Kumbh. 2021”. Final Report 2022. Wildlife Institute of India-Uttarakhand Forest Department. Pp.99, TR No./2022/16
       
   

Long-Term Perspective Plan Mitigation Human-Elephant Conflict in Rajaji Landscape, Uttarakhand
Citation: WII-UKFD (2022) Long-term Perspective Plan: Mitigation Human-Elephant Conflict in Rajaji Landscape, Uttarakhand Pp.121 (TR No. 2022/37)

Last Updated: August 18, 2026