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Bhutan
2 locations has kept elephants in Bhutan
There is presently 3 (1,1) living elephants in locations in Bhutan in this database
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Wild elephants:
Bhutan has about 678wild elephants. Source:Second edition of the National Elephant Survey. The Department of Forest and Park Services (DoFPS) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) conducted the survey.
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3 (1,1) living 0 (0,0) dead
2018: Bhutan has 678 elephants, an increase from 513 elephants in 2011. This is according to the second edition of the National Elephant Survey. The report was launched yesterday in Sarpang coinciding with the World Elephant Day. The Department of Forest and Park Services (DoFPS) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) conducted the survey.
2011: 513 (400-600). Confined to southern plains and foothills elephants are mostly seasonal migrants, crossing to Bhutan to escape Indias monsoons, and migrating back to India in summer. Source: Jigme & Williams (2011)
2010: A study conducted in 2010 in Samtse, Sarpang and Phipsoo estimates about 110 elephants in Samtse and 380 in Sarpang and Phipsoo wildlife sanctuary.
1996: 400-600 (Sukumar) earlier 50-10 (Santiapillai, IUCN 1996)
Recommended Citation
Koehl, Dan,
Facts about elephants in Bhutan
. Elephant Encyclopedia, (2024) available online retrieved 2024-10-13 at
https://www.elephant.se/country.php?name=Bhutan
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Sources, among others
Current status of elephants in Bhutan, by Jigme & Williams (2011),
http://www.asesg.org/gajah35.htm"
>Gajah nr 35, 2012. (Journal of the IUCN/SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group)
http://www.kuenselonline.com/2011/?p=27095
http://www.kuenselonline.com/bhutan-has-678-elephants/
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News about elephants in Bhutan
(From the sister site Elephant News)
Name
Elephant collection
Place
King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
(private) Kept totally 2 elephants
,
0 present
(0,0)
0 births
2 relocated
0 deaths
Thimphu
Serbithang Royal Botanic Garden
(zoo) Kept totally 3 elephants
,
3 present
(1,1)
0 births
0 relocated
0 deaths
Thimphu
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