Journal of the Asian Elephant Specialist Group

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1 GAJAHNUMBER

2 Number 30 (2009) The journal is intended as a medium of communication on issues that concern the management and conservation of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) both in the wild and in captivity. It is a means by which members of the AsESG and others can communicate their experiences, ideas and perceptions freely, so that the conservation of Asian elephants can bene t. All articles published in Gajah re ect the individual views of the authors and not necessarily that of the editorial board or the AsESG. Editor Jayantha Jayewardene Biodiversity and Elephant Conservation Trust 615/32 Rajagiriya Gardens romalijj@eureka.lk Editorial Board Dr. Prithiviraj Fernando Centre for Conservation and Research 35 Gunasekara Gardens pruthu62@gmail.com Heidi Riddle Riddles Elephant & Wildlife Sanctuary P.O.Box 715 Greenbrier, Arkansas USA gajah@alltel.net Arnold Sitompul Conservation Science Initiative Jl. Setia Budi Pasar 2 Komp. Insan Cita Griya Blok CC No 5 Medan, Indonesia asitompu@forwild.umass.edu A. T. J. Johnsingh 101 Magnolia, Esteem Gardenia Sahakara Nagar Bangalore 92 India ajt.johnsingh@gmail.com Dr. Alex Rübel Direktor Zoo Zürich Zürichbergstrasse 221 CH Zürich Switzerland alex.ruebel@zoo.ch Dr. A. Christy Williams WWF Nepal Program P.O. Box 7660 Baluwatar, Kathmnadu Nepal acwill69@yahoo.com

3 Number 30 (2009) This publication of Gajah was financed by the Wildlife Reserves Singapore

4 Editorial Note Articles published in Gajah may be used, distributed and reproduced in any medium, provided the article is properly cited. Gajah will be published as both a hard copy and an on-line version accessible from the AsESG web site ( If you would like to be informed when a new issue comes out, please provide your address. If you would like to have a hardcopy, please send a request with your name and postal address by to <romalijj@eureka.lk> or to: Jayantha Jayewardene 615/32 Rajagiriya Gardens Cover: Elephant herd in the Yala National Park, Photo by Prithiviraj Fernando Layout and formatting by Dr. Jennifer Pastorini Printed at Melios (Pvt) Ltd.

5 NUMBER Contents Gajah 30 (2009) Editorial 1 Alex Rübel Notes from the Co-chairs IUCN/SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group 2-3 Simon Hedges and Ajay Desai Correspondence 4-5 D. K. Lahiri Choudhury Correspondence 6-7 C. Stremme Socio-Economic Status of Elephant Keepers (Mahouts) and Human Captive Elephant Con ict: 8-12 A Case Study from the Three Management Systems in Tamil Nadu, Southern India V. Vanitha, K. Thiyagesan and N. Baskaran Distribution, Demography and Basic Husbandry of the Asian Elephant in the Tourism Industry in Northern Thailand A. Godfrey and C. Kongmuangr The Analysis of Data from Studies of Crop-Raiding R. F. W. Barnes The Uda Walawe Elephant Transit Home - Another Opportunity Missed? S. Miththapala A Forest Ride on Wild Elephants: The Philosophy of Wilderness in Buddhism R. Ramanathapillai Community-Based Human-Elephant Con ict Management in Assam A. Zimmermann, T. E. Davies, N. Hazarika, S. Wilson, J. Chakrabarty, B. Hazarika and D. Das The Human-Elephant Con ict: A Review of Current Status and Mitigation Methods B. M. A. O. Perera Twin Elephants Born in Nepal 53 J. Thapa Report of the International Elephant Conservation and Research Symposium, Thailand, H. Schwammer First National Symposium on Elephant Healthcare and Managerial Practices K. K. Sharma Recent Publications on Asian Elephants Book Review: Poisons and the Pachyderm - Responding to Poisoning in Asian Elephants by Jacob Cheeran 67 News Briefs 68-72