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🚨 Controversial Proposal: Should 'Mela Shikar' Return?

To mitigate the intense human-elephant conflict happening right now in non-forest settlements, the Assam government is evaluating a controversial proposal: reviving mela shikar, the traditional method of capturing wild elephants for domestication.

While this practice is strictly out of the question for protected reserves, authorities are arguing it could help control numbers in non-forest zones. Moving forward with this would require rigorous scientific study and central government approval.

What are your thoughts on this? Is capturing and domesticating elephants a viable short-term solution for our shrinking habitats, or should our focus remain entirely on restoring the landscape and natural corridors? Let me know your perspective in the comments below! 👇

3 months ago | [YT] | 0

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🎥 **Today’s Video: I Found Six Elephants in One Scene—Can You Find Them Too?**

At first, this may look like a simple elephant herd near a pond.

But when I watched the footage carefully, paused it frame by frame, and followed where each elephant appeared, I could identify **six different elephants** in the scene.

Some were clearly visible. Others were partly hidden behind vegetation or another elephant.

Now here is a small offer for viewers:

I will prepare a **high-resolution still photograph taken from this video**, with the six elephants marked as **E1 to E6**.

The image will also include a short field note explaining how I followed and identified them through the footage.

You can receive it free for personal, educational and non-commercial conservation use.

📩 Request it here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf90-OysujNNBWDBo…

Before watching the full explanation, look carefully and comment:

**How many elephants can you find without my help?**

▶️ Watch today’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkSi7...

Please credit:

**Dhruba Jyoti Das / Elephantblogs**

#Elephantblogs #AsianElephants #ElephantHerd #WildlifeObservation #Assam #FieldResearch

3 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 0

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Elephantblogs কেৱল এটা YouTube channel হৈ নাথাকিব।

অসমৰ হাতীৰ কৰিডৰত কাম কৰা মানুহৰ বাস্তৱ অভিজ্ঞতা, হাতীৰ বিষয়ে শিক্ষা, মোৰ আগন্তুক কিতাপ, field workshop, training আৰু স্থানীয় মানুহে তৈয়াৰ কৰা eri silk আৰু অন্য সামগ্ৰী—এই সকলোবোৰক একেলগে আগবঢ়াই নিয়াৰ চেষ্টা কৰিম।

I want to build a community-supported platform around elephants, field knowledge and local livelihoods.

আপুনি প্ৰথমে কোনটো বিচাৰে?

1️⃣ Elephant stories book
2️⃣ Online course
3️⃣ Assam field workshop
4️⃣ Eri silk and local products

Comment your choice below.

3 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 0

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For many years, I have worked in the elephant corridors of Assam—observing elephants, listening to local communities, and documenting the realities of human-elephant coexistence.

Elephantblogs will not be only a YouTube channel.

I want to gradually build a platform where people can:

🐘 Learn about wild elephants through real field observations
📖 Read my field stories and future books
🌿 Join practical workshops and learning programmes
🧵 Discover eri silk and other products made by communities living in elephant corridors
🤝 Support livelihoods that can help people live more safely alongside elephants

I want to build something meaningful with the people who genuinely value elephants, communities, and conservation.

Which would you be most interested in?

1. A book of real elephant stories
2. An online elephant-learning course
3. A field workshop in Assam
4. Eri silk and community-made products

Please write the number in the comments.

I do not want this work to depend only on adv

3 months ago | [YT] | 0

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She works in the tea garden every day.

And near that same tea garden, one tusker has been staying for years.

One night, the tusker came close to her house. She thought he would eat the banana plant and leave. But he turned toward the house.

Her home was damaged.

Still, when she speaks about the elephant, there is no abuse. No hatred. Only fear, hardship, and a strange kind of respect.

This is the real story of human-elephant coexistence in Assam.

People are losing homes and wages.
Elephants are losing space and food.
And both are meeting each other every night at the edge of tea gardens and villages.

Watch the full video/short on Elephantblogs.

#Elephantblogs #AssamElephants #HumanElephantConflict #TeaGarden #ElephantCorridor #WildlifeConservation #Assam
youtube.com/shorts/3GCrsyS1CH...

4 months ago | [YT] | 0

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Elephantblogs Field Story Series has started.

**Story 1:**
**Behind the Footmarks — Following Elephant Signs in Assam**

The first story was about how we learned elephant movement from the field — footmarks, dung, broken plants, village information, and signs left behind on the ground.

**Story 2:**
**The Elephant Is Not Lost in the Tea Garden**

The second story looks at what happens when elephants enter tea gardens.

An elephant inside a tea garden is not always lost. The tea rows, shade trees, bamboo, grass, drains, paths, and cover can all become part of its movement landscape.

But the bigger idea is this:

A tea garden is a shared space.

It is a workplace for people.
It is close to homes and village edges.
It is also used by elephants, birds, insects, cattle, dogs, and many other lives.

Story 1 was about reading signs.
Story 2 is about reading the landscape.

Please watch both stories and share your thoughts.

#Elephantblogs #AssamElephants #HumanElephantConflict #TeaGarden #AssamWildlife

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