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Section I -- Introduction
- Elephant Facts
- Significance of Various Internal and External Organs
- Evolutionary History and Subspecies
Section II -- Health
- Signs of Health
- Common Ailments
- Diseases in Captive Elephants
- Colic
- Impaction
- Sick and Injured Elephants: Care and Cure
- Health Care of Departmental Elephants
Section III -- Management
- A Traditional Perspective on Elephant Management
- Traditional Knowledge on Elephants
- Management Practices in Kerala
- Elephant Management in Tamil Nadu Forest Department
- Elephants in captivity: Some Experiences from North Bengal
- Elephant Management in Kerala Forest Department
- Care of Pregnant Cow Elephants
- Care of Elephant Calves
- Handrearing and training of an Elephant Calf
- Bathing an Elephant
- Elephant Food and Fodder
- Timber Elephants in Kerala
- Transportation of Elephants
Section IV -- Musth
- Musth in Captive Elephants
- Handling Musth Elephants
- Tranquillisation
Section V -- Handling
- Handling of Elephants
- Significance of Sensitive Points
- Sensitive Regions
- Practical Aspects of Elephant Handling
- Practical Pointers
- Animal Psychology as Applied to Training
- Training Elephants at Elephant Camps
Section VI -- Wild
Elephants and Capture
- Wildlife Protection Act
- Life of Wild Elephants
- Man-Elephant Conflict - Case Study in North Bengal
- Elephant Capture and Training in Kerala Forest Department
- Elephant Capturing in North-east India
Section VII --
Miscellaneous facts
- Elephant Trade in India
- Purchasing Elephants - Tricks of the Trade
- Auspicious and Inauspicious Signs
- The Image and Profession of Mahouts in North-eastern India
- Evolution of Elephants - the Mythological Story
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