SUPREME COURT ADVOCATE AND AUTHOR OF ANIMAL LAWS OF INDIA PROVIDES LEGAL ADVICE ON ELEPHANT POLO MATCH

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The trainer must also be registered with AWBI.Conditions laid under Performing

Animals(registration)Rules 2001 to be followed.

Dr.Sandeep K.Jain

Former Member, AWBI

Hony.Wildlife warden(Punjab)

Ludhiana

 

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Raj Panjwani <rajp339

Oct 15, 2006 10:40 AM

Re: RAJASTHANI ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANISATION TO ORGANISE ELEPHANT

POLO TOURNAMENT

 

 

There are three prior legal requirements that need to be complied with: i)

the person who owns the elephant should possess an ownership certificate

granted by the Chief Wildlife Warden of the State, of which the owner is an

ordinary resident. ii) If the elephant is from outside the state, than the

owner needs to have a transfer certificate issued by the CWW of the state to

which the animal has been brought. iii) Polo being an event/performance the

owner needs to have the permission of the AWBI/Director Animal Welfare,

MOEFunder the PCA (Performance of Animals) Rules. Are there any studies

undertaken to evaluate the kind of training an elephant needs to undergo

inorder to do a polo performance.If these studies are available, please

forward them to AWBI/Director, Animal Welfare, MOEF with your views on the

issue.

Raj.

 

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I am certain that the organisers of the elephant polo tournament will

not bother to comply with the legal requirements unless forced to do

so by an AWO.

The penalty for non-compliance is so small that no one is really

concerned about it and enforcement is extremely lax.

 

Mr. Shand can speak about helping elephant conservation and may be the

tournament will indeed draw attention to the plight of elephants in

India. However, what many of us are concerned about is the welfare

aspect and there can be little doubt that the welfare of the animals

used in the tournament will be severely compromised, whether ankus are

used or not.

 

S. Chinny Krishna

Blue Cross of India

 

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> Raj Panjwani <rajp339

> Oct 15, 2006 10:40 AM

> Re: RAJASTHANI ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANISATION TO ORGANISE ELEPHANT

> POLO TOURNAMENT

>

>

> There are three prior legal requirements that need to be complied with: i)

> the person who owns the elephant should possess an ownership certificate

> granted by the Chief Wildlife Warden of the State, of which the owner is an

> ordinary resident. ii) If the elephant is from outside the state, than the

> owner needs to have a transfer certificate issued by the CWW of the state to

> which the animal has been brought. iii) Polo being an event/performance the

> owner needs to have the permission of the AWBI/Director Animal Welfare,

> MOEFunder the PCA (Performance of Animals) Rules. Are there any studies

> undertaken to evaluate the kind of training an elephant needs to undergo

> inorder to do a polo performance.If these studies are available, please

> forward them to AWBI/Director, Animal Welfare, MOEF with your views on the

> issue.

> Raj.

>

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