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Indian elephants to help stop poaching

Wed 23 July 2008 14:00 UK — Asia,Elephants, Rhinos, Hippos

Officials in India have revealed that they are planning on using elephants to try to curb poaching in the country.

The Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) reported that authorities from the state of Uttar Pradesh have begun training elephants in a bid to stop poaching and other illegal activities in the local forests.

Currently, the forestry department is training five elephants to protect the reserves of Dudhwa and Katarniya ghat.

An official explained that as well as training the elephants, local rangers were being trained to look after the animals. Once the process is completed, the teams will be dispatched to the forests to protect rare animals from poaching.

"Taking into account the fact that elephants are one of the best modes of transport in the forest terrain, we will take their assistance to check illegal activities in forests," BK Patnaik, the principal chief conservator of forests, explained to the news agency.

Recently, officials from India and Nepal revealed they were planning on working together in a bid to curb poaching in the two countries.

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