GAJAH - 43

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This Gajah issue contains ve research articles and one short communication. Half of the papers are from India and the other half from Sri Lanka. Even if the two countries are home to three quarters of free-ranging Asian elephants, it would be nice to have more papers from other range countries and also articles on captive Asian elephants world-wide in future issues of Gajah. Gajah 43 (2015) Editorial Jennifer Pastorini Notes from the Chair IUCN SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group Rukmali Athurupana, Dennis Schmitt & Charles Santiapillai Research Articles Population structure and distribution of Asian elephants in Dandeli-Anshi Tiger Reserve, India Vivek Menon Pinnae movement of captive Asian elephants weakly affected by environmental factors Ranjit Kumar Sahoo Elephant GPS tracking collars: Is there a best? Jennifer Pastorini, Tharaka Prasad, Peter Leimgruber, Karin Isler & Prithiviraj Fernando Elephant corridors in northern West Bengal Mukti Roy & Raman Sukumar Basti therapy of elephants according to Sage Palakapya K. G. Sheshadri Short Communication Some traditional captive elephant management practices in Sri Lanka News and Briefs Chatchote Thitaram, Janine L. Brown & Sonja Luz Ashoka Dangolla Summary ASEAN Captive Elephant Working Group Meeting Collaborating with Myanmar Mahouts on Elephant Health Care Zaw Min Oo, Christopher Stremme & Heidi S. Riddle WWF AREAS HEC Workshop Report Nilanga Jayasinghe Recent Publications on Asian Elephants News Briefs