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Caring for wild orphans

— PHOTO: RITU RAJ KONWAR

VICTIM OF CONFLICT: An elephant keeper feeds the orphaned ones at the Guwahati Zoological Park in Guwahati on Monday. Due to man-elephant conflict, the number of orphaned elephants is rising by the day in the Park. India’s elephant population is estimated at between 10,000 and 15,000, the largest in Asia.

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