Injured Jumbo: PETA- India send SOS to Laloo Yadav

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Please find a copy of the letter from PETA- India to the Hon`ble Union

Minister of Railways, Shri Laloo Prasad Yadav asking him to attend to the

injured elephant of Assam which is at the moment crying in pain following a

fall due to collision with a train.

 

Azam Siddiqui

 

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April 25, 2008

 

Shri Lalu Prasad Yadav

 

Hon Railway Minster

 

Rail Bhawan

 

New Delhi

 

Respected Sir,

 

* Letter from PETA dated 6 February 2008 (copy enclosed)*

 

News report in Telegraph on elephant hit by train on 20 April 2008 (copy

enclosed)

 

 

 

We are writing to you again on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of

Animals (PETA) India, an organisation dedicated to fighting animal abuse, to

bring to your attention that another elephant has been hit by a train and is

battling for her life. Officers attending to her are considering mercy

killing to try and stop her suffering.

 

A news report in the Telegraph today talks about an elephant who seems to

have been hit by a train and has fallen into a pit in Assam's Dhansiri

reserve forest. She is crying out in agony but there is no one who can help

her. According to the news article, the 22-year-old elephant fell into the

pit from a height of about 30 feet on Sunday night and dislocated her hip

joint. Karbi Anglong divisional forest officer (west division) Mr. Sushil

Kumar Daila has been quoted as saying the elephant may have been hit by a

train while crossing the tracks that run along a ridge overlooking the pit

in remote Daldali. The report further states that the forest department

could launch the rescue operation only yesterday - that too late in the day

- after being informed by villagers.

 

Sir the elephant has been lying in the pit from Sunday night, crying out in

agony and help could only reach her after 4 days. Won't you please take

immediate and urgent steps to stop the abuse being suffered by these gentle

giants via train accidents? Oftentimes mothers get hit by trains whilst

trying to save their babies who have been injured on the tracks.

 

We all revere elephants as incarnations of Lord Ganesha, and it can break

your heart to see what is happening to them when they are hit by trains and

suffer untold misery till they finally die agonizing deaths.

 

Respected sir, we are depending on you to help elephants. You can contact me

on 98201 22561 or by email on Anuradhas

 

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

Anuradha Sawhney

 

Chief Functionary

 

 

 

Encl. As above

 

 

 

 

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AZAM SIDDIQUI [azam24x7]

Fri 4/25/2008 01:40

aapn

(IN): Killer Indian Railways at play again

 

 

Link: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080425/jsp/northeast/story_9183232.jsp

 

 

Hit by train, jumbo trapped in pit

- Rescuers fear mercy killing may be the only way out OUR BUREAU

 

 

 

Guwahati/Diphu, April 24: The agonised cry of a female elephant pierces the

forest air from time to time. But for the rescuers gathered around a swampy

pit in a remote area of Assam's Dhansiri reserve forest, hope is ebbing

away.

 

As forest officials and experts race against time to save the injured

elephant - which has been trapped in the pit from Sunday night - the last

resort now seems to be " mercy killing " .

 

The 22-year-old elephant fell into the pit from a height of about 30 feet

and dislocated its hip joint.

 

Karbi Anglong divisional forest officer (west division) Sushil Kumar Daila

said the elephant may have been hit by a train while crossing the tracks

that run along a ridge overlooking the pit in remote Daldali. " The elephant

was severely injured after the fall, " he added.

 

However, the forest department could launch the rescue operation only

yesterday - that too late in the day - after being informed by villagers.

 

Daila said they had tried to pull the elephant out of the pit, but shelved

the operation after experts from the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and

Conservation in Kaziranga suggested that it might aggravate its injuries.

 

Centre in-charge Anjan Talukdar, who led a group of experts to examine the

elephant, said physical examination was difficult, as the animal was half

submerged in mud.

 

" Nothing can be done as the animal is stuck in the pit and any type of

external force to pull it out will only aggravate its injury, " he added.

 

Daila said the only good news was that the elephant had started taking food

since this morning. " We gave the elephant bananas and it is eating. We are

doing everything possible to save it. "

 

The Kaziranga team had injected a few doses of sedatives yesterday to

relieve the elephant of its pain. Daila said his department had informed the

chief conservator of forest, M.C. Malakar, and also sought advice from

experts at the College of Veterinary Sciences, Khanapara.

 

He said a team of experts from Khanapara would visit the site tomorrow and

the forest department would work on its advice.

 

" We might have to take the ultimate decision to go for mercy killing to

relieve the elephant of its pain, " he added.

 

 

 

 

 

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