Mahouts are a specialized class of people with a proud professional background. However, the profession is losing its appeal owing to the dwindling importance of captive elephants. We have assessed their incomes, number elephants, background and human casualties by captive elephants through extensive surveys in three captive elephant management systems - private, Hindu temple and forest department prevalent in Tamil Nadu.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/status-mahouts-and-human-captive-elephant-conflict-three-management-systems-tamil
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/v-vanitha
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/k-thiyagesan
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/n-baskaran-0
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/indian-forester-0
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/elephant
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/conflicts
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tamil-nadu
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/people-animal-conflicts
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-personnel
