Explanation: Monitoring of Illegal Killing of Elephants (MIKE) Programme: Mandated by COP resolution of CITES, MIKE program started in South Asia in the year 2003 with following purpose — To provide information needed for elephant range States to make appropriate management and enforcement decisions, and to build institutional capacity within the range States for the long-term management of their elephant populations.

MIKE Sites in India:

• Chirang Ripu (Assam)
• Dhang Patki (Assam)
• Eastern Dooars( WB )
• Deomali( Arun Pradesh)
• Garo Hills (Meghalaya)
• Mayurbhanj (Orissa)
• Mysore (Karnataka)
• Nilgiri (Tamil Nadu)
• Shivalik (Uttarakhand)
• Wayanad (Kerala)

Source: https://moef.gov.in/project-elephant-pe