Environmental orgnisations like Wild Cat -C, Nature Conservation Guild and Bhadra Wildlife Conservation Trust has urged the district administration to ban the use of elephants for timber work in coffee estates in Chikmagalur district.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/ban-use-elephants-timber-work-urge-envt-organisations
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-herald-bangalore
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/animal-care
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/elephant
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/timber-industry
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/karnataka
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chikmagalur-d