(IN) Kerala - Jumbo birthday treat for Sivan

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Section 43 of the W.P.Act 1972, The declaration of Wildlife Stock Rules 2003,

The Kerala Captive Elephants management Rules 2003 and a number of Court

verdicts clearly prohibits the purchase or sale of captive elephants after 2003.

You could read such news only from Kerala where members from the august

lawmaking body, Govt.officials and the district S.P.C.A. 'grace' the HAPPY

BIRTHDAY of a poor elephant calf whose mother was illegally bought and brought

to Kerala to a life of never ending agony and chains.

 

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Source: The Hindu

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Jumbo birthday treat for Sivan

Staff Reporter

 

BIRTHDAY BASH: Elephant calf Sivan arriving to witness the cutting of his

birthday cake at Puthenkulam on Wednesday.

 

KOLLAM: It was a celebration with a difference at Puthenkulam near here on

Wednesday.

The elephant calf Sivan, born in captive, turned one year and a grand birthday

bash was organised by the Kollam unit of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty

to Animals to celebrate the event.

Thirty-year-old Lakshmi had given birth to Sivan on April 2 last year.

Puthenkulam Shaji who owns Lakshmi did not know that she was pregnant when he

purchased her from Bihar. Mr. Shaji owns a herd of about 20 elephants, most of

them tuskers.

 

Savouries for Sivan

 

A big crowd, including a good number of foreign tourists, gathered at

Puthenkulam to take part in the celebrations.

The fete began with film actor Babu Namboodiri lighting the lamp. The birthday

cake was cut by Chathannur MLA N. Anirudhan and he fed Sivan with a jumbo piece.

 

Pathanapuram MLA K.B. Ganesh Kumar garlanded him and SPCA secretary Palazhy

Bhaskaran fed Sivan with honey and sugarcane on the occasion.

Veterinary Officer of the Forest Department E.K. Easwaran smeared tilak on

Sivan's forehead.

Chengal Swamy adorned him with a golden shawl.

Technical expert of SPCA B.Aravind said that the celebrations were organised as

part of promoting captive elephant breeding in the State.

 

Daily intake

 

Sivan will take another year to get fully weaned.

But already apart from his mother's milk, he is given a special diet comprising

goat's milk, 3 kg rice, 1 kg of wheat-based meal, 1 kg horse gram, 100 grams of

jaggery and 50 grams of salt each day.

 

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