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Jumbo stress on Elephants [1]

A Satish and R Ayyappan

ELEPHANTINE CRUELTIES

Tuskers made to walk from place to place.

Lorries not used to transport them.

Made to stand in the hot sun.

No thought given to their fatigue and injury.

TORTUROUS TALES

Kalpathy Kesavan, who succumbed to injuries in Palakkad on November 17, is the fourth captive elephant to die of human torture in the last one-and-a-half months.

Publication Date: 
20/11/2009
New Indian Express (Kochi) [2]
Tags:
Animal Cruelty [3], Wildlife [4], Elephant [5], Kerala [6], Palakkad (D) [7]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/jumbo-stress-elephants
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-kochi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/animal-cruelty
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/elephant
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kerala
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/palakkad-d