Can any Person keep an Elephant in Custody? What are the Rules? SC to hear the matter on April 27 [Read Today's Order]
8 years, 11 months ago

Can any Person keep an Elephant in Custody? What are the Rules? SC to hear the matter on April 27 [Read Today's Order]

Live Law  

The Apex Court of India on Tuesday issued notices to the parties on a petition filed by Bangalore-based Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre and other animal welfare organizations to ban the use of elephants in religious functions, processions and other events.The Bench, comprising Justice Dipak Misra and Justice S.K. The Apex Court of India on Tuesday issued notices to the parties on a petition filed by Bangalore-based Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre and other animal welfare organizations to ban the use of elephants in religious functions, processions and other events. Last month, Ms. Aparna Bhat, representing the Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre had brought it to the attention of the Court that two resorts in Goa, namely, Jungle Book and Tropical Spice Plantation, engage elephants for recreation for tourists, subjecting them to cruelty. The Apex Court had also asked the State’s Chief Wildlife Warden to have captive elephants in the State accounted for by using data already available with him for issuing ‘declaration of ownership’ certificates under Wildlife Protection Act 1972.

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Participation of elephants in festivals is part of our culture: Supreme Court
1 week ago

Participation of elephants in festivals is part of our culture: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court of India remarked on Monday that the use of elephants in festivals is part of the country’s culture. A Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma was hearing a petition filed by the NGO Vishwa Gaja Seva Samithi, which challenged a judgment of the Kerala High Court on January 13 in a suo motu case …

Forest Department captures trouble-causing elephant in Hassan district
1 week, 1 day ago

Forest Department captures trouble-causing elephant in Hassan district

The Hindu  

The Forest Department captured a trouble-causing tusker with the help of tamed elephants at a private estate in Somanahalli in Bikkodu hobli of Belur taluk in Hassan district on Sunday. The Elephant Task Force conducted the operation following the protests by the people of Belur in the wake of recent deaths in elephant attacks. The department decided to conduct the …

Captive elephant runs amok at North Paravur in Kerala, overturns auto and knocks down motorcyclist
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Captive elephant runs amok at North Paravur in Kerala, overturns auto and knocks down motorcyclist

The Hindu  

A captive elephant overturned a cargo autorickshaw and brought down a motorcyclist near the North Paravur KSRTC bus stand in Ernakulam district of Kerala on Saturday morning. The elephant, Moothakunnam Padmanabhan owned by Moothakunnam Sree Narayana Mangalam Temple of the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam, created tension in the North Paravur town for close to two hours before it was …

Injured elephant of Athirappilly in Kerala dies at Kodanad camp
1 month ago

Injured elephant of Athirappilly in Kerala dies at Kodanad camp

The Hindu  

The injured elephant from Athirappilly in Thrissur district of Kerala, which was tranquillised and transferred to the Abhayaranayam Elephant Camp at Kodanad for treatment just two days ago, died on Friday By noon, the elephant had collapsed in its kraal while undergoing treatment, as reported by the Divisional Forest Officer from Vazhachal. The elephant with a deep and severely infected …

Fatal wild elephant attacks in Kerala raise fresh concerns over human-wildlife conflict management
1 month, 1 week ago

Fatal wild elephant attacks in Kerala raise fresh concerns over human-wildlife conflict management

The Hindu  

Two back-to-back fatal wild elephant attacks in Idukki and Wayanad districts in Kerala have re-ignited public concerns about the effectiveness of the Forest department’s measures to address the increasing occurrences of human-wildlife conflict in rural localities with large settler-farmer and plantation worker populations. The Kerala government is facing public ire after a wild elephant fatally trampled Kappad Unnathil Manu, a …

Madhya Pradesh High Court Directs Authorities To Report On Rehabilitation Status Of Elephants At Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Madhya Pradesh High Court Directs Authorities To Report On Rehabilitation Status Of Elephants At Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve

Live Law  

In a plea concerning welfare of elephants in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, the Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday directed the respondent authorities to file a status report pursuant to its earlier order asking them to finalize their decision on rehabilitation of the animal as per the provisions of the Wild Life Protection Act. The expert committee …

Kerala High Court Directs Completion Of Census Of Captive Elephants Within One Month
2 months, 1 week ago

Kerala High Court Directs Completion Of Census Of Captive Elephants Within One Month

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Monday ordered that the census of captive elephants in the State be completed before February 15. The Court had in its earlier order on December 19, 2024 directed the State to constitute a committee in each district comprising of the District Collector and Divisional Forest from the District for conducting the survey. On the last …

Elephant Runs Amok At Tirur Event: Kerala HC Seeks Collector's Report, Asks State About 'Reasonable Distance' Between Elephant & Public
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Elephant Runs Amok At Tirur Event: Kerala HC Seeks Collector's Report, Asks State About 'Reasonable Distance' Between Elephant & Public

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has sought a report from the Malappuram District Collector on an elephant reportedly running amok during the BP Angadi Nercha at Tirur on January 8, injuring 29 persons and killing one. The Supreme Court had ordered that any direction issued by the High Court contrary to the Kerala Captive Elephants Rules, 2012 would remain stayed. Meanwhile, …

Human life appears to be undervalued: Kerala HC
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Human life appears to be undervalued: Kerala HC

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: Observing that ‘human life often appears to be undervalued,’ the Kerala High Court on Thursday directed the state government to file a comprehensive report on an incident where an elephant ran amok during the BP Angadi Nercha at Tirur, injuring around 20 people. It questioned, “Who is responsible for this?” while noting, “This is not a temple festival; it …

Rules that still manacle the captive elephant
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Rules that still manacle the captive elephant

The Hindu  

In India, where elephants are revered as sacred symbols of wisdom and strength, privately-held captive elephants live a stark contradiction. New rules and loopholes In its intent to regulate potential misuse of captive elephants in private custody and curb illegal captures from the wild, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change published the Captive Elephant Rules in March 2024. …

Kerala High Court calls for captive elephants' ownership census in state
3 months ago

Kerala High Court calls for captive elephants' ownership census in state

India Today  

The Kerala High Court has ordered the state government to form a team to conduct a detailed survey and census of all captive elephants in the state. “We direct the state to constitute a team of District Collectors, Divisional Forest Officers from each district, to undertake a survey of the captive elephants held by private individuals/institutions and submit a report …

Kerala High Court Directs State To Constitute Teams For Carrying Out Census Of Captive Elephants, Identifying Their Custodians
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3 months ago

Kerala High Court Directs State To Constitute Teams For Carrying Out Census Of Captive Elephants, Identifying Their Custodians

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court today directed the State Government to constitute a team for conducting a census of captive Elephants in the State. Court ordered thus: “We feel it imperative to direct the State to constitute a team comprising of the District collector and the Divisional Forest Officer of each district to conduct census of Elephants held by private individuals/institutions …

Captive Elephant Sonu’s Eight-Year Ordeal: Legal Battles and Calls for Freedom in Chhattisgarh
3 months, 1 week ago

Captive Elephant Sonu’s Eight-Year Ordeal: Legal Battles and Calls for Freedom in Chhattisgarh

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 12, 2024 20:24 IST - 4 MINS READ For over eight years, an elephant named Sonu has been held captive in Chhattisgarh as part of the Forest Department’s strategy to manage the growing human-elephant conflict in the State. The committee included experts from the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun; the Elephant Study Centre, College of Veterinary and …

Case against Kerala temple authorities for violating elephants' parade norms
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Case against Kerala temple authorities for violating elephants' parade norms

India Today  

A case has been filed against the officials of Kerala's Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple management committee for allegedly violating high court orders linked to the procession of elephants. The case was filed by the Kerala Forest Department against the Devaswom officer and other temple authorities after officials noticed a flouting of Kerala High Court directions in its inspection. The FIR came …

Elephant Fitness Certificate, 3-Days Rest, 3-Hrs Cap On Parading: Kerala HC Issues Directions To Prevent Cruelty During Temple Festivals
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4 months, 1 week ago

Elephant Fitness Certificate, 3-Days Rest, 3-Hrs Cap On Parading: Kerala HC Issues Directions To Prevent Cruelty During Temple Festivals

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has remarked that Elephants in Kerala are widely used in Temples in the name of tradition and religion but, in reality, it is a "commercial exploitation" without any care or concern for their well-being. The Division Bench of Justice A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Gopinath P. thus issued certain directions for effective implementation of the Kerala Captive …

Parading captive elephants: Kerala HC says organisers of festival must apply one month before the event
4 months, 1 week ago

Parading captive elephants: Kerala HC says organisers of festival must apply one month before the event

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: To prevent cruelty to elephants during parades, the Kerala High Court ruled on Thursday that organisers of any festival intending to exhibit a captive elephant must apply to the District Committee at least one month prior to the event. The court held that no organiser or Devaswom shall permit the deployment of any squads which go by the name …

Kerala HC urges stricter regulations to protect captive elephants
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Kerala HC urges stricter regulations to protect captive elephants

New Indian Express  

Kerala has always had a complicated relationship with elephants, which have been an integral part of the state’s cultural history. While elephants have always had a cult status in Malayalam literature and culture, they have also been money-spinners that are shuttled across the state to be paraded at religious festivals and private functions while being subjected to unspeakable torture. The …

Post- tusker deaths, MP constitutes panel for elephant management
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Post- tusker deaths, MP constitutes panel for elephant management

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: The state forest department has constituted a committee for management of elephants in Madhya Pradesh in the wake of the recent death of ten elephants in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in MP. “We will study the best practices in elephant management in other states and put in place a system for effective management of the wild elephants in Madhya …

Odisha government orders probe into 50 elephant deaths in six months
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Odisha government orders probe into 50 elephant deaths in six months

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: The state government on Sunday ordered a detailed inquiry into the unnatural death of around 50 elephants in the last six months. Raising concern over the spate of elephant deaths, Forest and Environment Minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia said responsibility will be fixed on officers found negligent and inefficient in safeguarding the life of the animals. Singhkhuntia directed the additional …

Take a tour of the Wildlife SOS Elephant Hospital - The Hindu
7 months, 1 week ago

Take a tour of the Wildlife SOS Elephant Hospital - The Hindu

The Hindu  

Much before the Ambanis launched Vantara elephant hospital in Jamnagar, Gujarat, earlier this year, roughly 1,200 km away in the obscure Garhi village in Churmura district, ECCC has been redefining the landscape of advanced medical care for pachyderms, sans brouhaha and media glare. “The aim is not to check any boxes, but to develop the ability to provide assistance to …

Case registered against Assam refinery for burying wild elephant
8 months ago

Case registered against Assam refinery for burying wild elephant

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI: The Assam Forest Department has registered a case against a public sector refinery in central Assam’s Golaghat district after its employees buried the carcass of a wild elephant without information. This is a serious blunder as the elephant is a Schedule 1 species and we registered a case under the Wildlife Act of 1972,” Golaghat’s Divisional Forest Officer, Sushil …

Ailing elephant treated by T.N. Forest Department near Mudumalai
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Ailing elephant treated by T.N. Forest Department near Mudumalai

The Hindu  

A six-year-old male elephant, found in a state of severe distress near Masinagudi in the Singara Forest Range, was treated by veterinarians from the Tamil Nadu Forest Department on Friday, April 5, 2024. According to officials, the stricken elephant was found in a private property along the Masinagudi to Singara road on Friday morning by local residents, who informed the …

What are the new rules for elephant transfers? | Explained
11 months, 3 weeks ago

What are the new rules for elephant transfers? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far:The Centre has notified a set of rules called the Captive Elephant Rules, 2024 that liberalises the conditions under which elephants may be transferred within or between States. Section 40 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 prohibits the acquisition, possession and transfer of a captive elephant without the written permission of the Chief Wildlife Warden of the …

Captive elephant transfer rules notified
1 year ago

Captive elephant transfer rules notified

Hindustan Times  

The Union environment ministry has notified Captive Elephant Rules, 2024 on Thursday. The chief wildlife warden shall permit the transfer where the ownership certificate in respect of the elephant proposed for transfer existed prior to coming into force of the new rules except in the case of a calf borne from such captive elephants. On February 28, ministry has issued …

Elephant kills man in Kerala, third incident in a month
1 year ago

Elephant kills man in Kerala, third incident in a month

India Today  

A 44-year-old man was killed by a wild elephant near the tourist town of Munnar in Kerala's Idukki district. This is the third such incident in the state within a month after two people died in Wayanad amid increasing incidents of human-animal conflicts. Police said the victim of the latest attack that occurred on Monday night at the Kannimala estate …

TN, Kerala to relocate elephants, but we don’t seek compensation: Officials
1 year, 1 month ago

TN, Kerala to relocate elephants, but we don’t seek compensation: Officials

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The communication of Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre to Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi that on the latter’s advice, Rs 15 lakh compensation has been given to the family of a man killed by an elephant in Kerala has been questioned by officials from the department and experts. In the letter, Khandre has acknowledged that forest boundaries are shrinking,” said …

Elephant Enters Kerala Home, Tramples Man To Death; Locals Stage Protest
1 year, 1 month ago

Elephant Enters Kerala Home, Tramples Man To Death; Locals Stage Protest

News 18  

A radio-collared wild elephant broke the gate and entered the premises of a house in Kerala’s Wayanad before chasing a 42-year-old man and attacking him to death on Saturday morning. Meanwhile, the Kerala forest department has said a tusker with a radio collar fitted by the Karnataka forest department was seen in the Wayanad forest area two days before the …

Wild elephant keeps Wayanad town on toes for hours
1 year, 1 month ago

Wild elephant keeps Wayanad town on toes for hours

Deccan Chronicle  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Normal life was thrown out of gear in Mananthavady town of Wayanad District in Kerala on Friday after a wild elephant strayed into thickly populated areas of the township creating panic among the people. With the elephant moving around in the thickly populated areas of the township, Wayanad district collector Dr Renu Raj clamped prohibitory orders in Mananthavady municipality …

Wild Elephant Enters Kerala Town, 3 Injured In Melee
1 year, 5 months ago

Wild Elephant Enters Kerala Town, 3 Injured In Melee

ABP News  

A wild elephant entered the residential area of Ulikkal town in Kannur district creating a panic among the residents on Wednesday. As the elephant entered the town, the panic-stricken people ran helter-skelter for safety but three residents were injured in the melee. Following this, the police and forest department initiated action to send the elephant back to the forest, as …

'Local Issues Best Dealt With By High Courts': Supreme Court Remarks On Plea Concerning Captive Elephants In Kerala
1 year, 5 months ago

'Local Issues Best Dealt With By High Courts': Supreme Court Remarks On Plea Concerning Captive Elephants In Kerala

Live Law  

While dealing with an Intervention Application in a petition concerning captive elephants in the State of Kerala on Tuesday, the Supreme Court orally remarked that certain issues were best dealt with High Courts as the High Courts were more aware of local conditions of a State. Further, the Supreme Court bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice …

Karnataka’s first elephant care facility tells trumpeting tales of resilience
1 year, 6 months ago

Karnataka’s first elephant care facility tells trumpeting tales of resilience

The Hindu  

It’s a warm Friday afternoon at the Lakshmisagar Reserve Forest. Durga, 22-years-old, is one of the six elephants at Karnataka’s first elephant care facility which opened in Malur last year. Watch | A tour of Karnataka’s first elephant care home Located on 100 acres of Karnataka Forest Department land, all the infrastructure has been set up by the Forest Department …

Calcutta High Court Seeks WB Forest Authority's Response Over Death Of Pregnant Elephant During Translocation
1 year, 8 months ago

Calcutta High Court Seeks WB Forest Authority's Response Over Death Of Pregnant Elephant During Translocation

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the Forest Department, Government of West Bengal to file a report in a plea concerning the death of a pregnant elephant during the process of translocation from one district to another. Upon filing such report in form of an affidavit, the court will consider the further order to be passed in the matter.” …

Elephant carcass exhumed from private estate in Kerala, 4 held
1 year, 8 months ago

Elephant carcass exhumed from private estate in Kerala, 4 held

Hindustan Times  

KOCHI: Forest officials in Kerala exhumed the carcass of a wild male elephant from a private rubber estate based on a tip-off in Thrissur district’s Vazhakkode in a suspected case connected to ivory trade on Friday Kodanad forest range officials arrested 1, detained 3 in connection with an attempted ivory-trade case. ) When forest officials in Machad range excavated the …

Elephants Should Get Required Rest: Kerala High Court Directs State To Produce Plan For Deployment Of Elephants During Festive Season
1 year, 9 months ago

Elephants Should Get Required Rest: Kerala High Court Directs State To Produce Plan For Deployment Of Elephants During Festive Season

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has directed the Government to place on record a mechanism supported by a statutory scheme for the practical and convenient deployment of elephants during festive season. The Bench issued the above direction in a plea filed by Society for Elephant Welfare, seeking the issuance of directions for mandatory provisions for the construction of temple tanks for …

AP plans steps to ensure safe passage of elephants
1 year, 10 months ago

AP plans steps to ensure safe passage of elephants

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh Government is initiating several steps to ensure the safe passage of elephants that move in from Odisha, Karnataka and Tamil Naidu to AP districts on a regular basis. In compliance with the advice of the Project Elephant Steering Committee of the Wildlife Institute of India and also taking note of the observations of the Supreme Court, …

Kerala to approach Supreme Court against move to relocate wild elephant
1 year, 11 months ago

Kerala to approach Supreme Court against move to relocate wild elephant

Hindustan Times  

The Kerala government has decided to approach the Supreme Court seeking a permanent solution on wild elephant nicknamed Arikomban after several villages in Palakkad and Thrissur districts opposed the high court’s directive to relocate the jumbo in Parambikulam tiger reserve, said state forest minister AK Saseendran on Friday. Many villages around Parambikulam opposed the move to relocate the animal. Two …

Kerala: Protests intensify against HC’s order to relocate rogue elephant
1 year, 11 months ago

Kerala: Protests intensify against HC’s order to relocate rogue elephant

Hindustan Times  

Villagers in Palakkad and Thrissur districts on Monday intensified their protest against the move to relocate Arikomban, a rogue elephant, from Idukki to Parambikulam wildlife sanctuary following Kerala high court’s order. Locals staged a sit-in protest in front of wildlife warden’s office in Nemmara The high court last week ordered that the 40-year-old jumbo, which has been wreaking havoc in …

Committee to oversee transfer and import of captive wild animals in India: Supreme Court
2 years ago

Committee to oversee transfer and import of captive wild animals in India: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court has increased the jurisdiction and powers of a high-powered committee led by its former judge, Justice Deepak Verma, to conduct necessary checks and undertake fact-finding exercises concerning the import, transfer, procurement, rescue and rehabilitation of wild animals, including those in captivity, across India. “The Committee may also consider the request for approval, dispute or grievance, concerning transfer …

Madras High Court Directs HR&CE Department Not To Acquire Any More Elephants, Asks State To Take Call On Rehabilitation Of Captives
2 years ago

Madras High Court Directs HR&CE Department Not To Acquire Any More Elephants, Asks State To Take Call On Rehabilitation Of Captives

Live Law  

Lamenting on the conditions in which the elephants are usually kept captive in Temples and even by private individuals, the Madras High Court recently directed the State to take a call regarding the rehabilitation of elephants. Justice GR Swaminathan directed the Secretary of the Environment and Forest Department to coordinate with the Secretary of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment …

Wildlife (Protection) Act amendment misses chance to free captive elephants
2 years, 2 months ago

Wildlife (Protection) Act amendment misses chance to free captive elephants

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 29, 2022 10:30 IST With the President’s assent, on December 19, the Bill to amend the Wildlife Act, 1972, is now officially law. The amendment is primarily aimed at revising four aspects of the law: allowing delegation of functions of the State Boards for Wildlife to a select set of people as is currently the case with …

Odisha: Forest department officials arrest elephant poacher accused in 8 cases
2 years, 7 months ago

Odisha: Forest department officials arrest elephant poacher accused in 8 cases

Hindustan Times  

Forest department officials in Odisha on Friday arrested a 40-year-old criminal involved in at least eight cases of elephant poaching at a time when the state is under fire for its ‘inaction’ over the rising cases of the incidents. Taking cognizance of the recent killing of a young tusker in the Athagarh division, the Union environment ministry had sought a …

Number of elephants poached rose last year: Govt in Parliament
2 years, 7 months ago

Number of elephants poached rose last year: Govt in Parliament

Hindustan Times  

At least 14 elephants were killed by poachers in 2020-21 compared to nine in the previous year and seizures of ivory doubled in the same period, the environment ministry said in Parliament on Monday. In 2020-21, there were 14 elephant deaths by poaching, compared to nine in 2019-20 and six in 2018-19, junior environment minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey said in …

Cataloguing Of Captive Elephants In State Completed: Forest Dept. Informs Madras High Court
3 years, 5 months ago

Cataloguing Of Captive Elephants In State Completed: Forest Dept. Informs Madras High Court

Live Law  

The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests on Thursday informed the Madras High Court that the Forest Department has prepared a catalogue of captive elephants in the State. On the last date of hearing, the Court had ordered that a catalogue of all captive elephants in the State must be made containing video-recordings of all such elephants, together with complete profile …

Man Accused of Death of Pregnant Elephant, Who Ate Firecrackers in Pineapple, Surrenders After 1.5 Years
3 years, 5 months ago

Man Accused of Death of Pregnant Elephant, Who Ate Firecrackers in Pineapple, Surrenders After 1.5 Years

News 18  

One of the accused in the death of a pregnant elephant in 2020 — which caused nationwide outrage — has surrendered before the Munsiff Magistrate Court in Mannarkkad of Palakkad district on Saturday. According to a report on The New Indian Express, the person who has surrendered — Riyazudheen — is the second accused in the case. According to a …

Incursion Of Wild Elephants In Human Settlements: Kerala High Court Calls For State's Report On Proposed Action
3 years, 5 months ago

Incursion Of Wild Elephants In Human Settlements: Kerala High Court Calls For State's Report On Proposed Action

Live Law  

Taking note of a recent intrusion by a herd of wild elephants into human settlements in the Palakkad district, the Kerala High Court has directed the State to file a report regarding the action proposed to be taken to prevent such episodes in the future. Taking note of the same, the Court remarked, "The report to be filed shall indicate …

'Ensure No Further Elephant Is Taken Into Custody Except For The Purpose Of Treatment': Madras High Court Directs State
3 years, 5 months ago

'Ensure No Further Elephant Is Taken Into Custody Except For The Purpose Of Treatment': Madras High Court Directs State

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Friday reiterated that the State must ensure that no further elephant is taken into captivity except for the purpose of treatment of such elephants if found unable to support itself in the wild. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice PD Audikesavalu issued the directions on a Public Interest Litigation petition filed by …

'Animals Are Best Left In The Wild': Madras HC Orders Injured Elephant 'Rivaldo' To Be Kept In The Wild, Monitors Recovery
3 years, 6 months ago

'Animals Are Best Left In The Wild': Madras HC Orders Injured Elephant 'Rivaldo' To Be Kept In The Wild, Monitors Recovery

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Thursday opined that wild animals are best left in their natural habitat even if they suffer from physical deformities unless it involves a question of their survival. The Court was adjudicating upon a plea moved by S Muralidharan, founder-trustee of Indian Centre for Animal Rights and Education who had sought the Court's intervention to prevent …

Anger as Sri Lanka court returns elephants to alleged traffickers
3 years, 6 months ago

Anger as Sri Lanka court returns elephants to alleged traffickers

Al Jazeera  

Court returns more than a dozen elephants in government custody to people who captured them or those who bought the animals from them. Colombo, Sri Lanka – In a controversial order being widely slammed by conservationists, a Sri Lankan court has upheld an earlier decision to allow the return of 14 elephants in government custody to alleged traffickers who captured …

Sri Lanka conservationists fight elephant smuggling in court
3 years, 6 months ago

Sri Lanka conservationists fight elephant smuggling in court

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Environmentalists in Sri Lanka are …

'Religious Sentiments Must At Times Yield To Reason And Animal's Point Of View': Madras HC Admonishes Practice Of Mistreatment Of Temple Elephants, Issues Directions
3 years, 6 months ago

'Religious Sentiments Must At Times Yield To Reason And Animal's Point Of View': Madras HC Admonishes Practice Of Mistreatment Of Temple Elephants, Issues Directions

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Friday directed the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests to prepare a catalogue of all captive elephants in the State. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice PD Audikesavalu was adjudicating upon a plea filed by activist Rangarajan Narasimhan over the alleged inhumane treatment of captive elephants kept in temples across the State. Furthermore, …

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