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Elephant locations in
Bangladesh
22 locations has kept elephants in Bangladesh
There is presently 46 (16,28) living elephants in locations in Bangladesh in this database
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Bangladesh is in this database included in
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Wild elephants:
Bangladesh has about 325 (min. 268, max. 361) wild elephants. Source:Islam et al. (2011)
Location holdings:
22
locations
has kept 50 elephants in
Bangladesh
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Elephants in locations
46 (16,28) living 4 (2,2) dead
1996: Population 1996 estimated to 200-250 (Santiapillai, IUCN 1996)
The human population explosion sparked intense competition for land and conflicts with elephants, which now live only in isolated areas. A lack of active conservation projects makes Bangladeshs elephants highly threatened.
2004: The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Bangladesh conducted a survey on elephants in Bangladesh in 2004 that found 239 mammals, while another 83 in captive.
2010: The IUCN enlisted the biggest mammals in the forest as critically endangered in 2010. Some 83 to 100 migratory elephants occasionally cross the border. Besides, there are 38 male and 56 female captive elephants used in logging and circus.
2016: Current study found 268 resident wild elephants, 93 migratory elephants and 96 captive
elephants in Bangladesh.
Recommended Citation
Koehl, Dan,
Facts about elephants in Bangladesh
. Elephant Encyclopedia, (2025) available online retrieved 2025-04-01 at
https://www.elephant.se/country.php?name=Bangladesh
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Sources, among others
Motaleb, Mohammad Abdul and Ahmed, Mohammad Sultan, Status of Asian Elephants in Bangladesh. 2016, available at
https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2016-085.pdf
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The elephant database startpage. Statistics
News about elephants in Bangladesh
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