Asiatic Elephant Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758

Asiatic Elephants are very common in the reserve forest, often encountering villages, leading to human-elephant conflicts in the study area. During the paddy season (October to December), elephants predominantly venture into village areas and also destroy paddy fields and human houses (Figure 3a). Sometimes, this results in life-threatening consequences for both humans and elephants. Therefore, people use electric fences, shot guns to mitigate with elephants. The Asian Elephant is an Endangered species according to IUCN Red List and is listed as a Schedule I species under the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and Appendix I to CITES (Table 1).