Temporary relief for elephants of Amber

[Guest guest]

Some good news and a sigh of temporary relief for the captive

elephants of Amber(Jaipur). It seems like Rrajasthan Ggovt coming

under severe criticsm from elephant activists and experts have

decided to take a pro elephant stand finally.

The Tourism Department of Rajasthan has decided to reduce the number

of elephant rounds in Amber fort from four(rounds)per day to only two

(rounds) per day and that too in the morning hours. The temperature

in the city is rising day by day and mercury has already touched

43.5 degree Celsius. Due to this unbearable heat the department had

earlier given orders to carry on the elephant rides only in the

morning and evening hours.

Well, I dare say that the reason behind this benevolence is not pure

concern for the gentle giants, actually due to rising temperature in

the state the number of tourists has already reduced to almost half

in number.So, the thin attendance of tourists and lesser enthusiasm

for elephant rides due to the sudden rise in temperatures, is the

reason behind this decision.

This gesture of the Government could be an indirect way of helping

the Jumbos keeping the lower number of tourists in mind and not

exactly elephant welfare, but it certainly needs to be appreciated.

Atleast it will provide some relief to the poor jumbos for the time

being.

Hopefully, with all the inputs given from the elephant experts and

animal rights activists Rajasthan govt may re-think the usage of

captive elephant activities including safaris, rides and may be polo

too.