Elephant Days and Nights: Ten Years with the Indian Elephant - Softcover

Sukumar, Raman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195638212 ISBN 13: 9780195638219

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Raman Sukumar is a leading naturalist and a key member of "Project Elephant," a plan set up by the Indian government to protect the elephant along the lines of "Project Tiger." This book is a highly readable account of his experiences during ten years of research on the Indian elephant. Anecdotal, but at the same time thoroughly sound in terms of its scholarship, the book looks at the relationship of the Indian elephant to the people with which it shares the land, and the elephants' effects on the environment and the ecology of southern India. It also gives a full account of elephant behavior and the effects of environmental degradation and ivory poaching. This highly readable account will prove fascinating reading for everyone interested in the dramatic story of the Indian elephant and the fight to protect its endangered habitats.

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About the Author

About the Author:
Raman Sukumar is a faculty member of the Center of Science at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He is a leading expert on the Indian elephant and a key figure in the fight to preserve this majestic animal.

From the Back Cover

The elephant has enjoyed a unique relationship with the people of India. It is a keystone biological species in tropical forests across Asia, and over the past four thousand years has dominated the cultural, social and economic life of people, as no other creature. Yet elephants and people have also been in conflict; this conflict now calls for urgent solutions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195638212
• ISBN 13: 9780195638219
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200