It was feast time for elephants on August 12! The elephants at the zoo will relish a lavish spread of bananas, cucumbers, coconuts, apples and watermelons on the occasion of World Elephant Day. On Thursday, the zoo has two Asian elephants, Hira and Laxmi who were gorging on food. 

Delhi and Hyderabad zoo both had a feast day. At Nehru Zoological Park, in Hyderabad, the elephants enjoyed a sumptuous buffet of the cake made of ragi and rice topped with fruits, vegetables, sprouts and corn, which were offered to the elephants along with sugarcane, pineapple, jaggery, coconut and green grass. Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said "We need to identify areas where man-animal conflicts exist. We will have to visit local areas while framing a policy to address these issues." In Assam, Minister for Environment and Forest Parimal Suklabaidya called upon all to take forward the "legacy of fruitful relationships with the gentle giants and continue to march ahead towards a balanced biodiversity for the overall well-being of nature".

Asian elephants are listed as "endangered" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. This has been done as most of the range states, except India, have lost their viable elephant populations due to loss of habitats and poaching etc.

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