DKL Subject File No.196

Purchase a licence

Name of the Collection	Dhriti Kanta Lahiri Choudhury
Folder/Categories	I. Subject Files, 1881-2016
Sub-folder/Sub-category	C. Elephant, 1977-2008/ (i) Management of Elephants, 1977-2003
File No. /Acc. No.	196
Abstract	Material related to technologies for management of elephants and elephant-human conflict. The file contains booklets titled �Custom built equipment: specialty equipment for circuses, zoos, universities, schools, parks etc.�, and �Ibex Gallaher power fence: A management tool for reducing man-animal conflicts�, articles titled �Veterinary care of Asian Timber Elephants in India: Historical accounts and current observations�, and �Direct and indirect methods of counting elephants: A comparison of results from Mudumalai Sanctuary�. Includes related newspaper clippings, a note titled �Status of wild elephant in India� and a map titled �East Midnapore forest division-elephant management map� and other maps on distribution of elephants. Also, includes �proceedings of the International Workshop on management of elephants in the wild and in captivity held at Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal, December 10-17, 1982� (edited by North-East India Task Force, Asian Elephant Specialist Group, IUCN/SSC, January 1983)
Author
Recipient
Keywords	Ibex Gallaher power fence; Asian Elephants; Mudumalai Sanctuary; East Midnapore forest division; Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary; West Bengal; North-East India Task Force; Asian Elephant Specialist Group; IUCN; SSC
Start Date “Period From”	1995
End Date “Period To”	2003
Extent	137 pp.
Item type/Format	Typed, Printed & Hand-drawn/ Photocopy
Language	English
Remarks
Source/Link	Articles: Bombay Natural History Society; Press clippings: The Times of India; Statesman; New Indian Express; Telegraph etc.
Donor	Sheila Lahiri Choudhury, Deep Kanta Lahiri Choudhury, Debjani Das
Donation Date	2021
Custodian	Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana
Right/Copyright	Donor