Asian Elephant Conservation

Asian elephants are classified as Endangered by the IUCN Red List. It is estimated that the population has declined by over 50% in the past 70 years, with numbers in the wild ranging from 30,000 to 60,000. The largest population of these wild elephants are found in India.

 

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Asian Elephant Conservation

Asian elephants are classified as Endangered by the IUCN Red List. It is estimated that the population has declined by over 50% in the past 70 years, with numbers in the wild ranging from 30,000 to 60,000. The largest population of these wild elephants are found in India.

 

Wildlife Trust of India Right of Passage: Wildlife Corridors Project

In 2022, Dublin Zoo began partnering with the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) to help conserve and protect Asian elephants in the wild. WTI is a registered charity and works to conserve wildlife and its habitat in partnership with the Government of India, state governments, and the local communities most impacted by wildlife.

Click here to read a 2017 report that WTI published on the Right of Passage project and the state of elephant corridors in India.

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“We are thankful to Dublin Zoo for their support towards WTI’s Right of Passage project, which aims to provide safe passage to Asian elephants through their identified corridors in India while simultaneously strengthening human-elephant coexistence. The contribution from Dublin Zoo will be used to support the installation of signboards in select priority corridors. These signboards will inform relevant stakeholders on the location of these corridors for any decision-making purposes, in addition to informing the general public and vehicle commuters to be cautious while passing through a corridor, educating people on the importance of corridors and their links to the wider landscape.” Upasana Ganguly, Manager and Head of the Right of Passage: Wildlife Corridors Project

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