Kerala Govt. calls for AWBI registration for elephants

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It is a matter of small relief that the Minister for Temple

Administration in the Southern Indian State of Kerala has issued orders that

every elephant under the Kerala 'Devaswoms " should be registered with the

Animal Welfare Board of India.

 

None of the the elephant owners present in the meeting [convened by the

Devaswom Minister] were happy when this proposal was put forward by me and

some of them vehemently argued that such certificates are not mandatory and

can cause great hardship to them.

 

Anyway the sustained and continued persistance has prevailed --though it is

a very small victory.

 

Now the AWBI can to a great extent effectively enter into the

Kerala elephant market and regulate,control and intervene through the

screening of the applications under the Performing Animals Registration

Rules 2001.

 

 

 

 

 

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*Devaswom board temples to come under purview of rules *

 

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Temples to be told to discourage new poorams

 

Third party insurance for elephants a must

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Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government has decided to immediately extend

the decisions on elephant management taken at meetings held by Ministers to

the temples controlled by Devaswom boards, Devaswom managing committees or

the Hindu Religious and Charitable Institutions Department.

 

An official pressnote said here on Wednesday that these temples would be

asked to discourage moves to start new poorams. Even for the existing

poorams, the number of elephants should not be increased. Committees

consisting of the Collector, the District Superintendent of Police, the

District Forest Officer and a Devaswom member should be constituted for

controlling festival matters. A ring should be constructed around the

elephants with the help of the police and festival volunteers.

 

The “theevetti†should be held away from the animals. Adequate food and

water should be given to the animals. They should also be made to stand on

wet ground or water-soaked gunny bags to prevent heat from affecting their

legs. The meetings had called for strict measures to stop mahouts in an

inebriated condition from taking the elephants for festivals.

 

The elephants belonging to Devaswom boards should be registered with the

Animal Welfare Board. Devaswom boards and the festival committees should

take adequate steps to prevent the public from provoking or troubling the

animals. Insurance cover should be taken to meet the damages, if any, in the

event of the elephant turning berserk. The elephant should be insured in the

third party insurance manner.

 

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