Regular monitoring of elephant populations is essential to ensure the long term survival of elephants. Especially the monitoring of individual males tuskers and makhnas assumes significance as this helps both in determining the sex-ratio of the population as well as identifying the individuals who are most exposed to the risk of poaching. Contents: Forewords. 1. Introduction. 2. Methods. 3. Results and conclusion. 4. Keys for tusker identification. 5. Quick ...
