Elephants are bestowed highest protection under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972. Their
rightful place is in the wild. They were never meant to be domesticated. The concept of
“ownership” is alien and should not be applied to them.
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The long, painful death of a pregnant female elephant in Kerala has led to a massive outpouring of grief and outrage. It was heart-breaking because it was a visible tragedy, dramatic in how it played out on video.
Read MoreThe cruel killing of an elephant with crackers in Kerala shocked everyone. But hundreds of elephants meet a similar brutal end in India.
Read MoreCompared with wild elephants, captive ones suffer greater human abuse Wild elephants are suffering, but the bigger elephant in the room is the pain of captive elephants
Read MoreSince the lockdown, privately managed captive elephants across the country have been starving.
Read MoreWhen the Wildlife Protection Act was passed in 1972, an exception was created for elephants in captivity at the time. That’s why 1,687 remain in private hands.
Read MoreActors Anushka Sharma, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar and Randeep Hooda were among those who took to social media to condemn the killing.
Read MoreThe death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala this week after biting into a “snare bomb”
Read MoreElephants are giant yet gentle creatures that evoke mixed emotions in man: of admiration, love and respect.
Read MoreOn 7 November 2016 when Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonwal laid the foundation of Baba Ramdev’s Rs 1000-crore Patanjali herbal and mega food park, which the yoga guru
Read MoreIn the backdrop of the elephant in Palakkad having chewed on some explosive-laden fruit, there are chances of the monkey having come into contact with some snare put up to keep wild animals at bay
Read MoreThe explosive went off in the kid’s mouth, and died before receiving any medical help.
Read MoreAll three wild elephants did not appear to have died of natural causes, but clarity would emerge after their post-mortem reports are made available.
Read MoreWith tuberculosis (TB) prevalent among captive elephants, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has demanded festival organisers go for elephant-free celebrations.
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