India, July 27 -- India recorded 112 elephant deaths and 23 tiger deaths in 2025-26 due to poaching, electrocution and train accidents, according to the latest data shared in the parliament.

In 2025-26, 80 elephant were electrocutied; 22 were killed in train accidents and 10 died in poaching incidents, making it a total of 112 deaths. In comparison, there were 104 electrocution deaths in 2024-25; 12 through train accidents and 18 poaching deaths - a total of 134. In 2023-24, there were a total of 121 elephant deaths due to these cause with the maximum (94) related to electrocution.

The data was tabled in the Lok Sabha on June 20, in a reply by Minister of State, Environment, Kirti Vardhan Singh.

According to the data, there were 23 dea...