Beyond shelter, Assam’s tea gardens also serve as feeding grounds for elephants

Published 01 Nov 2026, 21:13 IST

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Guwahati: Grasses account for more than 81% of the food consumed by Asian elephants in tea gardens and adjoining landscapes of Assam’s Udalguri district, with researchers recording 84 grass-feeding events among 103 observations during a field study. The findings, published in the Journal of…

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Guwahati: Grasses account for more than 81% of the food consumed by Asian elephants in tea gardens and adjoining landscapes of Assam’s Udalguri district, with researchers recording 84 grass-feeding events among 103 observations during a field study. The findings, published in the Journal of…

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Beyond shelter, Assam’s tea gardens also serve as feeding grounds for elephants

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