Why is it that in 2022, plans are afoot to undo five decades of work protecting elephants by legitimising illegal networks of elephant trade?
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By Alok Hisarwala
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By Alok Hisarwala
Joymala is among the more than 320 such elephants on record – the actual number is much higher – who have been illegally traded through leases from Assam to South Indian temples, with no plans for their return.
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On December 17, the Wildlife Protection Amendment Bill, 2021, was tabled in Parliament. Clause 27 of the Bill proposes to permit the commercial trade of elephants. This would legalise it for the first time in 50 years. scroll.in/article/1016272
The elephant ownership exception is an embarrassment, not to mention a potential illegality, at odds with the core objective of the Wildlife Protection Act . How can a protected wild animal be legally owned? Is it the same as “cattle”? scroll.in/article/101627…
Experts, veterinarians, forest officers, activists on the ground will say that all elephants are essentially wild – or largely wild – even when trained and kept in captivity. But India’s legal and forest policy has struggled with this question for decades. scroll.in/article/101627…
With the creation of Project Elephant in the early 1990s, there was a renewed commitment to elephant conservation.
However, the treatment of captive elephants as cattle – a derogatory and exploitative category for any animal – continued. scroll.in/article/101627…
However, the treatment of captive elephants as cattle – a derogatory and exploitative category for any animal – continued. scroll.in/article/101627…
The elephant section at Bihar's Sonepur Mela has been closed but the trade continues through more illegal channels.
In Oct 2020, a video went viral of an elephant trader in Kerala claiming that he had traded over 200 captive elephants to private owners scroll.in/article/101627…
In Oct 2020, a video went viral of an elephant trader in Kerala claiming that he had traded over 200 captive elephants to private owners scroll.in/article/101627…
Why is the government undermining elephant protection? The answer may lie in the title of the law itself: “wildlife protection”.
In constantly trying to “manage” issues of wild animal vs human communities, the spirit of the law has been lost to sight. scroll.in/article/101627…
In constantly trying to “manage” issues of wild animal vs human communities, the spirit of the law has been lost to sight. scroll.in/article/101627…
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