(IN): Jaipur Elephants to be engaged for New Delhi Elephant Polo

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Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:53 PM

Jaipur Elephants to be engaged for New Delhi Elephant Polo

 

*URGENT ACTION REQUIRED, LIMITED TIME IN HAND !*

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*Attention:*

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*The Secretary & Chairperson,*

*Animal Welfare Board of India*

*Chennai.*

 

Dear Sirs,

 

Please find the attached news report which has appeared in the 'Delhi Times'

edition of the Times of India dated: Friday, October 09, 2009.

 

It is extremely shocking that now captive elephants of Jaipur which are

already in a miserable and traumatic state of affairs are being dragged all

the way to the nation's capital to play a wretched game/ sport of 'Elephant

Polo'.

 

I would like to ask the AWBI if they have allowed any permission to the

organisers of this event.

 

If not, what steps does the AWBI plan to initiate as there is not even

24hours left for the event to take place.

 

The name of the organiser as the news report quotes is one Mr. Baljinder

Dhillon, CEO, Rissala Polo.

 

Hoping to hear from the AWBI office at the earliest.

 

Thanks,

 

 

Azam Siddiqui

 

Master Trainer in Animal Welfare 2001 (AWBI)

Member: PFA, PETA-India

Trained in 'Orphaned Elephant Management' under Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick,

DSWT, Kenya

 

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Haathi ka chukker PIYALI DASGUPTA

 

 

The polo season has started and after a gap of two years, the city is

all set to witness an exclusive exhibition polo match tomorrow. But this

time, the players will not be playing horse polo but elephant polo instead.

And the match will include prominent players like Angad and Uday Kalaan,

Samir Suhag, Dhruv Godhara and so on.

Informs Samir, “Elephant polo is not very common in India. It’s also far

slower than horse polo. The elephants are trained in Jaipur and will be

brought down to the city for this exhibition match.” Baljinder Dhillon, CEO,

Rissala Polo elaborates, “While the equipment consists of a standard polo

ball and six to nine foot cane (similar to bamboo) sticks with a polo mallet

head at one end, the pitch is three-quarters of the length of a standard

polo pitch, because elephants are slower. Two people ride each elephant; the

elephants are steered by mahouts, while the player tells the mahout which

way to go and also hit the ball. A top actor and a cricketer have confirmed

their presence at the event, but we can’t divulge their names right now.”

 

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