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Population: 20,000-25,000
Status: Endangered
Scientific Name: Elephas Maximus Indicus
Height: 6-11 feet at the shoulder
Weight: 5 tons
Length: up to 21 feet
Habitats: Subtropical broadleaf forest, tropical broadleaf moist forest, dry forrest and grasslands

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Indian Elephants often spend up to 19 hours a day feeding and they can produce about 220 pounds of dung per day while wandering over an area that can cover up to 125 square miles. They feed themselves and their children on grasslands, tree bark, some very small roots, leaves, small stems, etc.

Indian Elephants are also harmless and pretty friendly, they will attack you only if they feel threatened or if attacked. These elephants are always found on places close to bodies of water so they can be close to a place where they can hydrate, they can also be found in places close to a lot of vegetation so they have a close source of food.

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They face a lot of problems;

Humans have begun to hunt them down for their trunks, skin or for food. Another problem they face is habitat loss, humans have destroyed their habitats in order to create housing, actions like these have heavily affected the elephants and forces them to move out to places where they might have a hard time to raise their kids and survive.

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They are only found in the wild in India

They prefer to be in warmer areas

These elephants LOVE Bananas, Rice and sugarcane.

Because of Hunting, many of these elephants have begun to be born without trunks and have become bigger too.

These elephants are only found in the following countries; India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia and Vietnam.

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What's being done to prevent the extinction of this animal?

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What's being done to prevent the extinction of this animal?

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Organizations such as WWLO (The World Wild Life Organization) are lobbying for conservation and animal protection laws to be passed. They have been successful because in 2017, India banned hunting down these types of elephants for consumption.

This is far from the end in the cause to prevent their extinction as they are still being hunted for other purposes such as hunting them down for their trunks and skin. Many countries have begun to discuss on how to take swift action on this issue.