Kerala the graveyard of captive elephants

[Guest guest]

It is high time that the AWBI and other organisations take a decision to

move against all those elephant owners who illegally keep the 1000+elephants

in Kerala and reap crores of rupees during the so called " Festival

Season " .None of the provisions in the Central Wildlife Protection act is

obeyed and the powerful elephant " smugglers-owners " mafia is has more

than enough clout to continue with their nefarious activities.

Recently the tusks of a dead captive elephant were forcibly taken back from

the forest officials by this group and no action was taken against the

culprits.

 

If somebody is ready to move in the appropriate forum or court I have enough

material with me to support.

 

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Jumbo stress on Elephants

 

 

 

A Satish and R

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First Published : 20 Nov 2009 11:22:48 AM IST

Last Updated : 20 Nov 2009 11:52:07 AM IST

 

*ELEPHANTINE CRUELTIES*

 

Tuskers made to walk from place to place.

 

Lorries not used to transport them.

 

Made to stand in the hot sun.

 

No thought given to their fatigue and injury.

 

*TORTUROUS TALES*

 

Kalpathy Kesavan, who succumbed to injuries in Palakkad on November 17, is

the fourth captive elephant to die of human torture in the last

one-and-a-half months.

 

Sooryan, a 48-year-old tusker, was found dead in a private plot at

Mulankunnathukavu in Thrissur on October 3. Both its hind and forelegs had

three-year-old wounds that were never tended to. Its underbelly had

puss-filled welts, a clear sign of severe torture. Its toenails had fallen

off.

 

Manikantan, a 42-year-old tusker, was found dead in the house of an elephant

contractor at Pattambi, Palakkad, on October 10. It was transported from

Alappuzha a month ago, reportedly without permission.

 

The beast had deep torture marks on its body. Its toenails had come off,

proof that the infection on the legs were never cared for.

 

Pullukulangara Ganeshan, another 42- year-old tusker, was found dead on the

premises of the Pullukulangara Dharmasastha Temple, Alappuzha on October 14.

The beast died as a result of an internal shock suffered during the

‘familiarisation beating’ unleashed on it by the new mahout using a

‘valiyakol’, a long controlling stick.

 

*THE LATEST ABUSE*

 

Venue: The Kalpathy car festival.

 

Tusker Kallekulangara Rajashekharan and Mangalamkunnu Ramachandran perform

the ritualistic tugging of chariots through the streets

 

Devotees pull the chariots from the front The pachyderms push the chariot

from behind.

 

Sacks are tied to their forehead.

 

The animals often bend to push the chariot.

 

Elephant Mangalamkunnu Ramachandran left with a deep cut on its trunk

 

No temple festival in Kerala is complete without the grand procession of

elephants. Caparisoned elephants used for ‘ezhunnellippu’ ritual speaks

about the grandeur of the fest. But many a time, these majestic mammals are

treated inhumanly, says *A Satish and R Ayyappan.*

 

The cut was just the leftover of an injury which occurred when was caught

from the forests. Efforts were made to suture it but the lack of proper

treatment led to infection which proved fatal.

 

*M A Parameswaran,* elephant owner

 

*Union Minister’s intervention

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