Panel suggests relocation of 23 elephants from North East to Gujarat

Express News Service

NEW DELHI:  A high-powered committee, constituted by the Tripura High Court, has actually helpful change of 23 elephants from Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura to animal rescue centre in Gujarat, run by Shri Radhe Krishna Temple, Elephant Welfare Trust The 70-page report of the committee, accessed by this newspaper, praised the rescue centre as “world class”. 

It moreover actually helpful that each one states consider transferring captive elephants which might be abandoned or required to be rescued from any state of affairs of cruelty to this rescue centre. It moreover directed Chief Wild Life Wardens of Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh to take enough and proper steps to guarantee that no youthful elephants are captured from the wild.

The five-member panel was formed inside the first week of November remaining 12 months after a public curiosity litigation filed inside the Tripura High Court on the lookout for an inquiry into the earlier transfers and transportation of captive-bred elephants. It moreover sought a restrain on the change and transportation of these animals from North-East to the Elephant Welfare Trust.

The committee had visited the rescue centre. It had formed one different three-member sub-committee, headed by Dr M Selvan – Scientist, Elephant Cell, to go to the web sites of elephants in Arunachal and Tripura. The Sub-Committee found that each one 23 elephants required care and have had earlier accidents. They lacked meals and are left in open to fend for themselves.

“On a comparative analysis, there is no doubt that it would be in the interest of the elephants to be allowed to be transferred to the said camp,” said the sub-committee. While wildlife conservationists criticised the report saying it is silent on the age, standing of elephants and whether or not or not it was captive born or wild caught. Country desires decentralised rescue centres instead of 1 centre in Gujarat, which on no account be a pure habitat, they said.

“Why are these 23 elephants only selected in particular is not explained and how did the proceedings for these 23 elephants to be transferred to Jamnagar began is not explained either?” puzzled a senior official associated to the occasion.

The panel was chaired by Justice (retd) Deepak Verma. Director General of Forests, Head of Project, Elephant Division inside the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change,  Member Secretary, Central Zoo Authority of India, Chief Wild Life Warden of Tripura and Chief Wild Life Warden  of Gujarat have been the members of the panel. Later, the committee added an expert on elephants as a member.
In March, the Supreme Court extended the committee’s jurisdiction to pan-India stage. 

Conservationists flay report
While wildlife conservationists criticised the report saying it is silent on the age, standing of elephants and whether or not or not it was captive born or wild caught. Country desires decentralised rescue centres instead of 1 centre in Gujarat, which on no account be a pure habitat, they said 

NEW DELHI:  A high-powered committee, constituted by the Tripura High Court, has actually helpful change of 23 elephants from Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura to animal rescue centre in Gujarat, run by Shri Radhe Krishna Temple, Elephant Welfare Trust The 70-page report of the committee, accessed by this newspaper, praised the rescue centre as “world class”. 

It moreover actually helpful that each one states consider transferring captive elephants which might be abandoned or required to be rescued from any state of affairs of cruelty to this rescue centre. It moreover directed Chief Wild Life Wardens of Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh to take enough and proper steps to guarantee that no youthful elephants are captured from the wild.

The five-member panel was formed inside the first week of November remaining 12 months after a public curiosity litigation filed inside the Tripura High Court on the lookout for an inquiry into the earlier transfers and transportation of captive-bred elephants. It moreover sought a restrain on the change and transportation of these animals from North-East to the Elephant Welfare Trust.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

The committee had visited the rescue centre. It had formed one different three-member sub-committee, headed by Dr M Selvan – Scientist, Elephant Cell, to go to the web sites of elephants in Arunachal and Tripura. The Sub-Committee found that each one 23 elephants required care and have had earlier accidents. They lacked meals and are left in open to fend for themselves.

“On a comparative analysis, there is no doubt that it would be in the interest of the elephants to be allowed to be transferred to the said camp,” said the sub-committee. While wildlife conservationists criticised the report saying it is silent on the age, standing of elephants and whether or not or not it was captive born or wild caught. Country desires decentralised rescue centres instead of 1 centre in Gujarat, which on no account be a pure habitat, they said.

“Why are these 23 elephants only selected in particular is not explained and how did the proceedings for these 23 elephants to be transferred to Jamnagar began is not explained either?” puzzled a senior official associated to the occasion.

The panel was chaired by Justice (retd) Deepak Verma. Director General of Forests, Head of Project, Elephant Division inside the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change,  Member Secretary, Central Zoo Authority of India, Chief Wild Life Warden of Tripura and Chief Wild Life Warden  of Gujarat have been the members of the panel. Later, the committee added an expert on elephants as a member.
In March, the Supreme Court extended the committee’s jurisdiction to pan-India stage. 

Conservationists flay report
While wildlife conservationists criticised the report saying it is silent on the age, standing of elephants and whether or not or not it was captive born or wild caught. Country desires decentralised rescue centres instead of 1 centre in Gujarat, which on no account be a pure habitat, they said