The south Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, and Andhra Pradesh & Tamil nadu are home to nearly 44% of the elephants. The state of Karnataka is home to nearly 22% of the wild elephant population. There are 32 forest divisions in Karnataka State, where wild elephants are found. But it was 34 forest divisions in 2017, after deducting Bangalore rural and Tumkur, it came down to 32.Previous references to taming wild elephants - the Indian history has several literary references to taming wild elephants. The Matanga Leela, a rendition of Gaja Shahstra by the Sanskrit poet Neelakantha provides five different techniques for capturing wild elephants.