Census puts elephant count at 27,000; north Bengal has 514

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Submitted by daya on Wed, 2017-08-09 15:35

A country-wide elephant census has pegged the number of pachyderms in the country at 27,000, of which 514 roam the forests of north Bengal.

thesaurus: 
West Bengal
Elephant
Census/ Habitat Monitoring
Orissa (Odisha)
Jharkhand
Wildlife
state: 
West Bengal
Name of the Newspaper: 
Times of India (Kolkata)
Main Topic: 
Wildlife
Mark Content Private(Internal): 
Clipping Type: 
DNB
External URL: 
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/census-puts-elephant-count-at-27000-north-bengal-has-514/articleshow/59979822.cms
Publication Date: 
09/08/2017