GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Furthermore, the Government has also declared the elephant as the Natural Heritage Animal of India to celebrate and spread awareness toward the conservation of the species. Notedly, Indian Elephant (Elephasmaximus) is accorded the highest degree of protection under Indian Wildlife Protection Act (1972).

Detailed explanation-2: -Elephants have played many important roles throughout Thailand’s history. Their major presence ranges from royal parades, to being used in war and logging, and has led to their status as Thailand’s national animal.

Detailed explanation-3: -Natural World Heritage sites are home to one third of all remaining elephants, tigers and pandas on the planet as well as 1 out of 10 of all great apes, rhinos and lions, and are often a last refuge for species threatened with extinction, such as the vaquita, mountain gorillas and orangutan.