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TN Wild elephant population 2024
August 8 , 2024
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- Tamil Nadu has around 3,063 elephants, according to the synchronised elephant population estimation this year.
- This is an increase from 2,961 elephants, recorded in the previous survey in 2023.
- The estimated population was the highest in STR-Sathyamangalam forest division (372).
- It is followed by Coimbatore (336), STR-Hassanur (279), MTR-Udhagai (271), MTR-Masinagudi (263), and Hosur (240).
- Among the five elephant reserves, the Nilgiris Eastern Ghats Reserve has the highest density of elephants.
- It is followed by Nilambur-Silent Valley-Coimbatore, Agasthyamalai, Anamalai-Parambikulam, and Periyar.
- The Nilgiri and Coimbatore Elephant Reserves together represent about 70% to 80% of the total elephant population in the State.
- These reserves are connected to Wayanad and Nilambur Reserves in Kerala, and Mysore Reserve in Karnataka, forming the Nilgiri-Eastern Ghats landscape.
- Tamil Nadu could not hold more than 3,200 elephants as that was the saturation point.
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