Elephant locations in Bangladesh

22 locations has kept elephants in Bangladesh

There is presently 46 (17,27) living elephants in locations in Bangladesh in this database

Bangladesh
Region:	Bangladesh is in this database included in asia
Wild elephants:	Bangladesh has about 325 (min. 268, max. 361) wild elephants. Source:Islam et al. (2011)
Location holdings:	22 locations has kept 49 elephants in Bangladesh (Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)
Elephants in locations	46 (17,27) living 3 (1,2) dead

1996: Population 1996 estimated to 200-250 (Santiapillai, IUCN 1996)

The human population explosion sparked intense competition for land and conflicts with elephants, which now live only in isolated areas. A lack of active conservation projects makes Bangladeshs elephants highly threatened.

2004: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Bangladesh conducted a survey on elephants in Bangladesh in 2004 that found 239 mammals, while another 83 in captive.

2010: The IUCN enlisted the biggest mammals in the forest as critically endangered in 2010. Some 83 to 100 migratory elephants occasionally cross the border. Besides, there are 38 male and 56 female captive elephants used in logging and circus.

2016: Current study found 268 resident wild elephants, 93 migratory elephants and 96 captive
elephants in Bangladesh.

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan, Facts about elephants in Bangladesh. Elephant Encyclopedia, (2022) available online retrieved 2022-09-29 at https://www.elephant.se/country.php?name=Bangladesh.
(archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources, among others

Motaleb, Mohammad Abdul and Ahmed, Mohammad Sultan, Status of Asian Elephants in Bangladesh. 2016, available at https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2016-085.pdf

Internal relevant links

The elephant database startpage. Statistics
News about elephants in Bangladesh (From the sister site Elephant News)

Name	Elephant collection				Place
The Lion Circus (Niranjan Sarker) (circus) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 3 present (1,2)	2 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Dhaka
Alhaj Moinuddin (private) Kept totally 6 elephants	, 6 present (3,3)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Maulvi Bazar
Alhaj Yakub Ali (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	1 relocated	0 deaths
Bangladesh Forest Industries Development Corporation (BFIDC) (camp) Kept totally 14 elephants	, 12 present (4,8)	0 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	Dhaka
Bangladesh unspecified location (private) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	3 births	3 relocated	0 deaths
Betbunia Police Special Training School (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 1 present (1,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Betbunia
Dacca Kheddas (dealer) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Dhaka (map)Dhaka District Dhaka Division
Daxmin Bangla Circus (circus) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 1 present (0,1)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Satkhira
Dhaka Mirpur Zoo (zoo) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 2 present (0,2)	0 births	0 relocated	1 deaths	Dhaka (map)
Dulal Chandra Roy (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 1 present (0,1)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Lohagara Upazila (map)Narail District Khulna Division South-western Bangladesh
Dulhazra Safari Park (zoo) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 4 present (1,3)	1 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Chakaria Upazila (map)Coxs Bazar District
Khorshed Ali (private) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Maulvi Bazar
Laxmi Narayan Circus (Kamal Ratan Sarker) (circus) Kept totally 0 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Dhaka
Mahiuddin Chowdhury (private) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	0 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	Maulvi Bazar
Mashuk Ahmed (private) Kept totally 5 elephants	, 5 present (2,3)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Maulvi Bazar
Rawshan Circus (circus) Kept totally 3 elephants	, 3 present (1,2)	1 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Nilfamari
Red Star Circus (New Star Circus) (circus) Kept totally 4 elephants	, 2 present (1,1)	0 births	1 relocated	1 deaths	Brahmanbaria Chittagong Division, Brahmanbaria District
Royal Bengal Circus (Laxman Das Circus) (circus) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 2 present (0,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Barisal
Shamsuzzaman Ranu (Ranu Mahalder) (private) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 1 present (1,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Maulvi Bazar
Sonar Bangla Circus (Basanta Babu) (circus) Kept totally 1 elephants	, 1 present (1,0)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Dhaka
Teknaf Game Reserve (wild) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 0 present (0,0)	1 births	2 relocated	0 deaths	Coxs Bazar
The Bulbul Circus (circus) Kept totally 2 elephants	, 2 present (1,1)	0 births	0 relocated	0 deaths	Bogra

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