Delhi's last elephants await marching orders
The mighty Heera marched through a crowded slum chewing bamboo, oblivious that freedom from life as one of Delhi's last six elephants at work in the polluted city could be just around the corner.
The mighty Heera marched through a crowded slum chewing bamboo, oblivious that freedom from life as one of Delhi's last six elephants at work in the polluted city could be just around the corner.
Ecology
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Economics & Business
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Social Sciences
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Environment
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Political science
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Social Sciences
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Internet
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Social Sciences
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Environment
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