Ellie, Asia’s first life-sized animatronic elephant, unveiled in Bengaluru

2 weeks, 2 days ago

Veterinary team examines ailing elephant following public outcry

Following complaints that Kadavoor Sivaraju, a popular captive elephant with high rental charges, was not being given rest despite ill health, a team of experts from the Kollam District Veterinary Centre examined the elephant under instructions of Minister for Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development J. Chinchurani. As the protests intensified, Ms. Chinchurani directed an expert team led by the Joint …

Elephant

2 weeks, 5 days ago

Kerala temple replaces live elephants with life-sized robotic model in animal welfare move

Live Mint

In a bold move towards animal welfare, the Irinjadappilly Sree Krishna Temple in Kerala has replaced the traditional use of live elephants with a robotic model to perform its rituals, BBC reported. This marks a significant shift in the treatment of elephants in the region, where the majestic animals have long been part of temple festivities, often facing harsh treatment, …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Kerala Temple Welcomes Life-Sized Robotic Elephant

Deccan Chronicle

In a groundbreaking move for elephant welfare and public safety, Voices for Asian Elephants has introduced Shiva Shakthi, a life-sized robotic elephant, at Chakkamparambu Sree Bhagavathi Temple near Mala. This innovative initiative provides a cruelty-free alternative for temple rituals, addressing the growing concerns over captive elephant mistreatment and festival-related accidents.With Kerala witnessing a surge in captive elephant tragedies—including six human …

Elephant

3 weeks, 3 days ago

60-year-old ailing elephant dies at rescue centre near Tiruchi

The Hindu

A 60-year-old captive elephant ‘Jainy’, which was ailing for the past month at the Elephant Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre at M.R. The private elephant was translocated to the Elephant Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre from Tirunelveli district in November 2023 following complaints from non-governmental organisations that the jumbo was being tortured and used for begging. District Forest Officer, Tiruchi, S. Krithiga …

Tiruchi Elephant Centre

3 weeks, 4 days ago

How Anant Ambani’s Vantara project began with the rescue of an elephant and became a haven for the wild

Firstpost

Working with top animal care and welfare specialists, Vantara transformed a vast 3,000-acre area into a jungle-like setting that replicates the rescued animals’ natural, nourishing, lush, and verdant home More than 200 elephants now have fresh life and hope thanks to the Vantara environment. Vantara’s origin story: In February 2024, a passion project became one of the largest projects to …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Robot elephants at temples, an answer to cruelty against animals?

Firstpost

There is an initiative in India to replace elephants used in Hindu temple ceremonies with life-size mechanised replicas In this picture taken on February 24, 2025, workers assemble a robotic elephant model, newly donated by the Voice for Asian Elephants Society for religious rituals at the Chakkamparambu Bhagavathy temple in Thrissur, Kerala. It was donated by the Voice for Asian …

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4 weeks ago

Kerala-made mechanical elephants are making their way into temples in South India

The Hindu

For the fifth edition of the Dubai Pooram at the Etisalat Academy Ground in Dubai on December 2, 2024, four elephants were paraded in all their festive regalia. A few temples in Kerala have voluntarily moved to mechanical elephants possibly because rules for parading an elephant in a temple have become strict as a result of the attacks. Apart from …

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Anant Ambani's Vantara wins 'Prani Mitra' award, India’s highest honour for animal welfare in ‘corporate’ category

Firstpost

Covering 998 acres of carefully designed forest, Vantara allows the elephants to live as naturally as possible, giving them the freedom to roam, interact, and engage in instinctive behaviours like foraging and bathing The Government of India has conferred the prestigious ‘Prani Mitra’ National Award, the country’s highest honour for animal welfare, to Anant Ambani’s Vantara under the ‘Corporate’ category. …

India Care Vantara Rescued Elephant

1 month, 1 week ago

PETA India offers mechanical elephants for rituals after fatal attacks in Kerala

India Today

Following a string of elephant attacks at temple and mosque festivals in Kerala that left five dead and many injured, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals India, once again, offered an unconventional solution—lifelike mechanical elephants. Citing severe physical and psychological stress from loud music, firecrackers, and restrictive handling, PETA India argues that festivals put elephants in distress, leading to unpredictable …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

PETA, sitarist Anoushka Shankar gift mechanical elephant to Kerala temple

India Today

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and Grammy-nominated sitarist Anoushka Shankar donated a life-size mechanical elephant to the Kombara Sreekrishna Swami Temple in Thrissur, Kerala, on Wednesday. Kombara Kannan became the fifth mechanical elephant provided to a Kerala temple by Peta India, and the second in Thrissur district. Peta India, in a statement, said that by using the mechanical …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Elephant hurt in Bengal’s Jalpaiguri as it attacks vehicle used to chase it away

Hindustan Times

A wild elephant sustained multiple injuries at Malbazar in north Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district when it attacked a heavy earth-moving vehicle that locals allegedly used to chase the animal away, forest department officials said. Two videos purportedly showing the elephant hitting the vehicle and a concrete watch tower with its head after being chased on Saturday went viral and provoked outrage. …

Elephant Vehicle

1 month, 3 weeks ago

PETA, renowned sitarist to gift mechanical elephant to Kerala temple

Deccan Chronicle

Thrissur: The non profit organisation PETA India along with renowned sitarist and 2025 Grammy nominee Anoushka Shankar will gift a life-size mechanical elephant to the Kombara Sreekrishna Swami Temple here, the NGO said on Tuesday. The three-metre tall mechanical elephant, named Kombara Kannan, will be donated to the temple in honour of its commitment to never hire or keep real …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Pori, an elephant calf at Kaziranga, celebrates its first birthday

The Hindu

There were several cakes and baskets of fruits spread out and people gathered around, both public and forest department officials, at 8.30 a.m. on a bright sunny Saturday morning. The gathering was to celebrate the first birthday of Pori, a female elephant calf and the youngest at Kaziranga, who was among the elephants standing next to her mom Badhoi. We …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

PETA offers Kerala mosque mechanical elephant after procession attack hurts 24

India Today

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals India has sent a letter to the authorities of a mosque in north Kerala, offering to donate a life-like mechanical elephant for use in religious ceremonies. In its letter, PETA India outlined its ongoing initiative to replace live elephants with mechanical ones, a movement that began in 2023. This initiative has seen positive …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Elephant greets curious dog with angry stare, charges towards it. Hilarious video

India Today

A video of a stray dog’s tense yet humorous encounter with an elephant was shared on X by retired Indian Forest Service officer Susanta Nanda. In the 21-second clip, the elephant is seen ambling down a road when it is approached by the curious dog. The elephant, clearly unimpressed by the intrusion, fixed the dog with a piercing, angry stare. …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Spanish tourist gored by ‘panic-stricken’ elephant at Thai sanctuary

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Spanish tourist was killed by an elephant she was bathing at a sanctuary in southern …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Zoo elephant dies after being swept away on tourist island

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 An elephant in zoo on …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Study finds evidence of prosocial behaviour in wild elephants of northeast India

Hindustan Times

A new study, published by a team of wildlife scientists, has shown strong evidence of prosocial behaviour among wild elephants in northeast India. On two separate occasions, adult male elephants rescued adult females that had been sedated by the research team as part of their study, which highlighted their social intelligence and cognitive capabilities. The study, led by researchers from …

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3 months, 1 week ago

A zoo elephant dies in Indonesia after being swept away in a river

Associated Press

GIANYAR, Indonesia — An elephant that lived at the zoo on Indonesia’s tourist island of Bali was found dead on Tuesday after being swept away by a strong river current. Molly, a 45-year-old female Sumatran elephant was one of two being guided by a mahout to a holding area outside of the zoo grounds through a river on Monday afternoon. …

Indonesia Molly Bali Zoo Elephant

4 months, 2 weeks ago

PETA India gifts life-size mechanical elephant to Kerala temple

Deccan Chronicle

Kannur: The non profit organisation People for Ethical Treatment of Animals India along with actor Vedhika has gifted a life-size mechanical elephant to the Edayar Sree Vadakkumbad Shiva Vishnu Temple here. PETA, in a statement, said that the mechanical elephant, named 'Vadakkumbad Sankaranarayanan', was donated to the temple in recognition of its decision never to own or hire live elephants. …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor: Elephants don’t belong in zoos. Here’s how sanctuaries should house them

LA Times

Osh the elephant, seen at the Oakland Zoo last August, was recently moved to a sanctuary in Tennessee. To the editor: What a thoughtful piece by editorial board member Carla Hall about elephants, who like all animals in zoos, “don’t have to avoid predators or hunt their next meal, but they pay for that with a life in captivity.” Those …

Other Species Zoos

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Learning to live with elephants

China Daily

A ranger prepares a drone for a monitoring task. As an insurance specialist from China Pacific Property Insurance's Xishuangbanna branch, Lyu often has to inspect the aftermath of the farmland destroyed by the elephants to determine the exact economic losses. Since Feb 23, protocols on restoring the Asian elephants' habitats, elephant rescue, reintroducing rescued elephants to the wild, and the …

Elephants Asian Chen Elephant

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Elephant Whispers: A Symphony of Memory and Loss

Times of India

The article highlights the importance of protecting elephants, both for their ecological and cultural significance. It emphasizes the need for better conservation efforts and the recognition of human-like capacities in elephants. The piece also discusses the impact of human activities on elephant habitats and the need to respect the planet's biodiversity.

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6 months ago

How Thailand’s elephant camps are transitioning to a cruelty-free future

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Tourists pay to visit commercialised elephant camps, which are designed as entertainment attractions,” explains Hatai Limprayoonyong, Wildlife Campaign Manager at …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

14-year-old female elephant electrocuted in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district

New Indian Express

BARIPADA: A female elephant was found dead at an agriculture field in Mayurbhanj district in the early hours of Thursday. Villagers of Kuradik under the Betnoti range spotted the elephant's carcass and informed the forest officials. The DFO said the elephant possibly died due to electrocution since a livewire fence passed through the agriculture field. However, despite the deployment of …

Forest Elephant

7 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Elephant Wildlife Sos Eccc

8 months, 2 weeks ago

A decade of Raju’s happiness

Hindustan Times

Raju, the “crying elephant”, celebrated a decade of freedom from chains, beatings and ‘tears’. The ‘crying’ Raju with dark secretions running down from his eye upon rescue in 2014. Each ownership change entailed severe beatings, food deprivation and torture so that the new ‘mahout’ could break Raju’s spirit and submit the elephant to his will. Raju’s rescue created an emotional …

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9 months ago

PETA does the unthinkable! Donates an elephant to a temple, but here’s the catch

Live Mint

People for Ethical Treatment of Animals India on June 22 donated a mechanical elephant to the Pournamikavi Temple in Venganoor. While issuing a statement, PETA said that the mechanical elephant, named Baladhasan, was donated to the temple in recognition of its decision to never own or hire live pachyderms for ceremonies and festivals. I am delighted to contribute this mechanical …

Elephant Temple Peta Peta India

9 months, 1 week ago

Program helps locals live with elephants

China Daily

Community care In December, IFAW China, the protection station and the rainforest foundation expanded their project to the Konggeliudui community in Dadugang township, Jinghong. After some field research, the conservationists also found that traditional embroidery practiced by a few senior residents, including an inheritor of the intangible culture heritage, has the potential to become a new source of income for …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Program helps locals live with elephants

China Daily

Community care In December, IFAW China, the protection station and the rainforest foundation expanded their project to the Konggeliudui community in Dadugang township, Jinghong. After some field research, the conservationists also found that traditional embroidery practiced by a few senior residents, including an inheritor of the intangible culture heritage, has the potential to become a new source of income for …

Community China Ifaw China

9 months, 2 weeks ago

After mom’s rejection, jumbo calf taken to Theppakkadu camp

New Indian Express

COIMBATORE: A wild elephant calf that could not be reunited with its mother was brought to the elephant camp at Theppakkadu in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in Nilgiris district on Sunday morning. Coimbatore forest veterinary officer A Sukumar, Madukkarai forest range officer P Arunkumar and a few others travelled along with the elephant. Since May 30 morning two veterinarians— Sukumar and …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Efforts on to reunite stranded elephant calf with mother near Coimbatore

The Hindu

The Tamil Nadu Forest Department staff on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, attempted to reunite a stranded wild elephant calf with its mother near Thondamuthur in Coimbatore. Officials said that the four-month-old animal is the calf of a 40-year-old wild elephant that was released into the wild by the Department on June 3, after it was treated for four days for …

Department Calf

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Ailing elephant recovers after four days of treatment near Coimbatore, walks into the wild

The Hindu

A female wild elephant that had been under the care of the T.N. The elephant, aged 40, was found collapsed, in a lateral recumbent position, at the Maruthamalai foothills, along with its four-month-old calf, on May 30. A female elephant that was found collapsed at the #Maruthamalai foothills near #Coimbatore on May 30 recovered after four days of treatment. According …

Treatment Coimbatore Four Days Sukumar Calf Its Mother Maruthamalai

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Calf, herd members visit ailing female elephant under treatment near Coimbatore

The Hindu

A female wild elephant that the Forest Department has been treating at the Maruthamalai foothills near Coimbatore since May 30 was visited by its four-month-old calf and other elephants late on Saturday. According to the Department, the calf was reunited with its herd around 5.30 a.m. on Saturday, after it followed a juvenile elephant that visited the ailing cow elephant, …

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10 months, 1 week ago

After two L.A. Zoo elephants die in the span of one year, the City Council wants answers

LA Times

Jewel at the Los Angeles Zoo in 2020. The council unanimously voted Wednesday to ask the zoo for a study that would examine the factors that led to the deaths of the two Asian elephants — Jewel and Shaunzi — and detail whether improvements need to be made in how the zoo cares for its remaining elephants. The decision to …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Anant Ambani's Vantara team rushes to aid ailing elephant, calf in Tripura

India TV News

Anant Ambani's Vantara team, associated with the Reliance Foundation, sprang into action to assist an elephant and its calf after they received an email about the animals' being in distress. In the video, a woman claiming to have sent the email for assistance extended gratitude to Anant Ambani and the entire Vantara team for their rapid response in saving the …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Ailing wild elephant dies in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu

A female wild elephant, aged between 45 and 50 years, that was treated by the Forest Department, died in a forest area at the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, here on Thursday night. During a patrol on Thursday morning, staff found the elephant lying unconscious at Pudukuiyanur village at Vadavalli in Sathyamangalam Forest Range and alerted senior officials. Kulal Yogesh Vilas, Deputy …

Elephant Str Sathyamangalam

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Ailing wild elephant being treated at Sathyamangalam

The Hindu

A team of veterinarians are treating a sick female elephant in a forest area at Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve on Thursday, April 11, 2024. During patrolling, a Forest Department team found the elephant, aged between 45 to 50, lying unconscious at Pudukuiyanur beat at Vadavalli in Sathyamangalam Forest Range and alerted senior officials. It may be recalled that on March 5, …

Elephant Sathyamangalam

11 months, 3 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 …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Elephants Are Not To Be Messed With, This Video Is Proof

News 18

Animals are invading human settlements as wildlife habitats decline as a result of activities such as deforestation and urban development. The video, shared by user Naresh Nambisan on X, shows the elephant marching ferociously towards the godown in front of panicked witnesses. “The Elephant knows that if there is no food in the forest, it has to come to the …

Video Elephant User Food Nambisan

1 year ago

IAS Supriya Sahu feeds calves from the Oscar-winning documentary The Elephant Whisperers. Watch

Hindustan Times

The Indian Administrative Service officer Supriya Sahu visited Theppakadu Elephant Camp in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve and fed some elephants under the care of mahouts and cavadys. Sahu even shared a video of herself feeding the elephants and urged people to plan their next trip to this elephant camp located in Tamil Nadu. The image shows IAS Supriya Sahu feeding the …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Hot Oil Massage, Jacuzzi & Ragi Ke Laddoo: Vantara’s Rescue Camp Provides Second Chance at Life to Over 200 Elephants

News 18

In the heart of Jamnagar, a haven has been created for some very special residents – elephants who have found a second chance at life. Every day, for several hours, Leelavati’s caregiver Mahout administers medical oxygen to her burn wounds at the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy chamber, located in the Elephant Hospital, the only one of its kind in India. Reliance …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Kareena Kapoor lauds Anant Ambani for Vantara initiative: 'This is just one of the many amazing stories...'

Firstpost

Kareena Kapoor Khan took to Instagram to praise Anant Ambani and also spoke about an elephant, who was rescued through Vantara initiative Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor has showered praises on Anant Ambani after he opened up about his Vantara initiative. Sharing the story of an elephant named Tarzan, whose vision was restored by performing a cataract surgery through this initiative, …

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1 year, 1 month ago

How Anant Ambani-led Vantara Wildlife Welfare Initiative Was Spurred by His Mother

News 18

Reliance Industries and Reliance Foundation on Monday announced the launch of their Vantara programme, an umbrella initiative to focus on the rescue, treatment, care and rehabilitation of injured, abused and threatened animals, both in India and abroad. Anant, who is getting ready for pre-wedding festivities with his fiancee Radhika Merchant from March 1 to March 3 in Gujarat’s Jamnagar, has …

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1 year, 1 month ago

'I See God Within Every Animal': Anant Ambani Opens Up on Idea Behind Vantara

News 18

For Anant Ambani, the youngest son of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and Reliance Foundation founder and chairperson Nita Ambani, 2024 promises to be a special year. Housed within the Green Belt of Reliance’s Jamnagar Refinery Complex in Gujarat, Vantara aims to be one of the leading contributors to conservation efforts globally. Anant is also spearheading Reliance’s ambitious renewable energy …

India Elephant Going Think Lot My Mother My Father

1 year, 1 month ago

Wildbuzz | O little train, what you done, Mum’s gone, I forever undone

Hindustan Times

Bani is an orphaned female elephant calf, named after ‘mother earth’ by the amazing caregivers of India’s first elephant hospital run by Wildlife SOS at Mathura. Elephant calves while growing up in the herd communicate with all the adults to establish deep social bonds, and this is what Bani is doing with the caregivers who are now like a mother …

Wildlife India Train Wildlife Sos Tracks Bani

1 year, 2 months ago

Watch: Rescued baby elephant snuggles with mother in new video from Tamil Nadu

India Today

Do you remember the viral picture of the baby elephant taking an afternoon nap in its mother’s arms after the successful rescue mission in Tamil Nadu? Last weekend, forest officials in Tamil Nadu united the lost baby elephant with its mother and herd at the Anamalai Tiger Reserve in Pollachi. As the picture went viral, Supriya Sahu posted a video …

Rescue Tamil Nadu Forest Baby Ias Sahu Supriya

1 year, 2 months ago

Baby elephant reunites with mother after rescue, IAS officer tweets heart-melting pic

Hindustan Times

IAS officer Supriya Sahu took to X to share an incredible picture that captures a love-filled moment between a baby elephant and its mom. “When a picture is worth a million words, the rescued baby elephant after uniting with the mother takes an afternoon nap in her mother's comforting arms before moving again with the big herd. Earlier, she also …

Mother Baby Elephant Ias Picture Sahu Pic

1 year, 2 months ago

Anand Mahindra thinks this elephant rescue story should be made into a short film

Hindustan Times

Anand Mahindra took to X to reshare a post about a rescue operation. Originally tweeted by an IAS officer, the share documents how forest officials reunited a lost baby elephant with her mother. “The year ends on a heartwarming note for us at TN Forest Department, as our Foresters united a lost baby elephant with her mother and the herd …

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Ellie, Asia’s first life-sized animatronic elephant, unveiled in Bengaluru

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