watch this creature and I would never get enough of it. Yes‚ many people of course know this giant‚ the largest living mammal on land‚ none other than the elephant‚ yet most of them know very little about this threatened species a major tourist attraction in the island. It is well known among Asian societies‚ including our own‚ elephants for centuries have played prominent roles in the pageants of monarchs‚ religious ceremonies as well as in the theater of war. Alexander the Great is reputed
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Title: Asian Elephant-Elephas Maximus 2. Purpose: To learn how and why the Asian Elephant got on the endangered species list. Elephants are one of the largest land mammals in the world and they have been targets to man and other animals. 3. Background: My overall background the Asian Elephant is very limited. I know that they come from Asian and many were hunter for their tusks. You can find a few Asian Elephants at the local zoos and there is always controversy on elephants and the circus
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Asian Elephants Asian Elephants are well built and very intelligent‚ strong headed animals. The Asian Elephant tusks are used to do very many well serving jobs‚ and have a humongous amount of responsibility for the Elephants. The Elephant trunk has about 6‚000 muscles; they are used to do all sort of chores for the Elephant just like the tusks. Asian Elephants are very intelligent‚ open minded and self-aware. Asian Elephants are well built and resemble to humans in ways we don’t think another
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Note on Project Elephant Project Elephant (PE) was launched by the Government of India in the year 1991-92 as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with following objectives : • To protect elephants‚ their habitat & corridors • to address issues of man-animal conflict • welfare of domesticated elephants Financial and technical support are being provided to major elephant bearing States in the country. The Project is being mainly implemented in 13 States / UTs ‚ viz. Andhra pradesh ‚ Arunachal Pradesh
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John Buck English 100 Asian Elephant 13 March 2013 Asian Elephant Asian elephants live in South and South East Asia in rainforest and woodland areas and migrate to avoid the monsoon season. Asian elephants are herbivores and can consume 330 pounds of food per day and drink up to 30 gallons of water. Asian elephants are social creatures and are born into female herds where the eldest female also known as the matriarch is the leader. Female elephants in the herd share the responsibility
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The Symbolism of the Elephant Through Religion Jule Lane Following a religion gives human beings a sense of security‚ satisfaction of belonging to a group‚ and most importantly‚ a set of guidelines that govern one’s moral and ethic values. All who follow a religion‚ regardless of the beliefs‚ have a common goal of finding a faith to feel comfortable with. Hinduism‚ one of the oldest religions in the world‚ and Jainism are two of the widely practiced religions in India‚ with a similar
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Elephant Cruelty Explored Through Circuses There is no creature among all the Beasts of the world which hath so great and ample demonstration of the power and wisedom of almighty God as the Elephant. ~Edward Topsell "The Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes" (1607) Elephants are currently suffering in two distinct ways. They are suffering as a species‚ and as individuals. The following essay will introduce elephants and their plight as a species‚ but will focus on the suffering of circus elephants
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Joe Portaro Scott Tenney Project 2b "Shooting an elephant" The main purpose of George Orwell’s story “shooting an elephant” is not to show how or explain how to actually kill an elephant; his work demonstrates how people will react to a imperialistic situation‚ will they follow the crowd or will they hold their own beliefs and not let others change them. In Orwell’s case he had no intention of killing the elephant but because the crowd behind him was one he wanted‚ instead of being made fun of
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“Shooting an Elephant” In the essay‚ Shooting an Elephant‚ George Orwell writes about his experiences as a British police officer in Burma‚ and compares it to the nature of imperialism. Orwell hates his job because imperialism has negatively affected him‚ as well as others around him. Orwell’; the white man is being treated very disrespectfully by the Burmese. Giving him a reason to hate his job as well as the British Empire; the root of everything. The situation of shooting of an elephant gives him
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S. Zamb. November 29‚ 2001 “Shooting and elephant” Erick Arthur Blair better known as George Orwell was born in Mohitari‚ India on June 25‚ 1903. India into a family of the “lower-upper middle class. George Orwell’s education brought him to England where he was unable to win a scholarship to continue his studies. With a very few opportunities available‚ he followed his father’s path into service with the British Empire. Orwell joined the Indian Imperial Police from 1922 to 1927. When
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