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Five elephants: Durga, Hiralal, Shiva, Rupsing & Bijuli are at risk of being transferred from Assam to temple captivity in Tamil Nadu Please act now to stop further movement and protect their welfare. Sign The Petition Now - https://t.co/u3MwtY3OUc Send Email Now - https://t.co/UBGVK9nd8w Please click the link. If it doesn’t open, copy and paste it into your browser and share it widely. #SaveDurga #WhyTheChains #NoElephantsInTemples #StopElephantCaptivity

Five elephants: Durga, Hiralal, Shiva, Rupsing & Bijuli are at risk of being transferred from Assam to temple captivity in Tamil Nadu Please act now to stop further movement and protect their welfare. Sign The Petition Now - https://t.co/u3MwtY3OUc Send Email Now - https://t.co/UBGVK9nd8w Please click the link. If it doesn’t open, copy and paste it into your browser and share it widely. #SaveDurga #WhyTheChains #NoElephantsInTemples #StopElephantCaptivity

Five elephants: Durga, Hiralal, Shiva, Rupsing & Bijuli are at risk of being transferred from Assam to temple captivity in Tamil Nadu Please act now to stop further movement and protect their welfare. Sign The Petition Now - https://t.co/u3MwtY3OUc Send Email Now - https://t.co/UBGVK9nd8w Please click the link. If it doesn’t open, copy and paste it into your browser and share it widely. #SaveDurga #WhyTheChains #NoElephantsInTemples #StopElephantCaptivity

🐘💔 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗥 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝙀𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚. They cannot tell us 𝗡𝗢 in words we choose to understand. They cannot decide where they go, what happens to their bodies, or walk away when they have had enough. And perhaps that is precisely why 𝗪𝗘 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽—𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻. What you are about to witness may be difficult to watch. But sometimes the most uncomfortable images are the ones that shatter our assumptions and awaken our conscience. 🎥 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁. 𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱. 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻. This powerful segment is from 𝘛𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, part of the 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝟭𝟬𝟭 short-film series, produced and directed by our Founder 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗜𝘆𝗲𝗿, made possible with the support of the 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆. 🐘💔 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲𝘀. #𝗚𝗼𝗱𝘀𝗜𝗻𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲𝘀 #𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 #𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲 #𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 #𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀

Five elephants: Durga, Hiralal, Shiva, Rupsing & Bijuli are at risk of being transferred from Assam to temple captivity in Tamil Nadu Please act now to stop further movement and protect their welfare. Sign The Petition Now - https://t.co/u3MwtY3OUc Send Email Now - https://t.co/UBGVK9nd8w Please click the link. If it doesn’t open, copy and paste it into your browser and share it widely. #SaveDurga #WhyTheChains #NoElephantsInTemples #StopElephantCaptivity

I Demand Accountability. As a wildlife conservationist and advocate who has spent years examining the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, and its subsequent amendments, I write with grave concern over the continuing commercialisation and misuse of India’s elephants — a Schedule I species entitled to the highest degree of statutory protection. The recent inter-state transfer of the five-year-old female elephant Durga from Assam to the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, after a gruelling 3,000-kilometre road journey, is only the latest illustration of a systemic failure. Young elephants continue to be moved under the expanded “religious or any other purpose” proviso introduced by the 2022 amendment and the Captive Elephant (Transfer or Transport) Rules, 2024. Permissions may have been formally granted, yet the spirit of Section 40 and the non-commercial intent that once underpinned the Act is being stretched beyond recognition. Long-distance transport of juveniles, questions surrounding ownership certificates, and the risk of veiled commercial transactions raise serious doubts about whether welfare standards under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, and the Tamil Nadu Captive Elephants Rules are being meaningfully enforced. The same pattern appears across the country. In temples in Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan and elsewhere, elephants are routinely confined, chained, and put on public display. In Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve, elephant safaris have been resumed after a multi-year suspension that began with the Uttarakhand High Court’s 2018 order citing the Wildlife (Protection) Act and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. Officials now describe the activity as “regulated” and limited to departmental elephants. Yet the fundamental question remains: is the commercial use of a Schedule I animal for tourism consistent with the protective scheme of the Act? When a mother and calf are pressed into safari service, the welfare implications cannot be dismissed as administrative technicalities. Where are the robust monitoring mechanisms contemplated by the statute? Where is the independent veterinary oversight, the transparent scrutiny of ownership certificates, and the strict prohibition on any form of commercial exploitation that the law was meant to guarantee? The exception carved out for captive elephants was never intended to create a parallel economy of transfers, temple processions and tourist rides. It was meant to manage an existing historical reality while prioritising the animal’s well-being. India’s wildlife is not a cultural prop or a revenue stream. Elephants are sentient beings whose natural ranging behaviour, social structure and psychological needs are fundamentally incompatible with prolonged captivity and forced labour. Every transfer that prioritises institutional convenience over scientific assessment, every safari that places commercial interest above conservation ethics, and every temple that treats a living animal as an ornament, chips away at the protective architecture of the Wildlife (Protection) Act. I call upon the Central and State Governments, the Chief Wildlife Wardens, the National Board for Wildlife, and the judiciary to enforce the letter and the spirit of the law without selective interpretation. Transfers must be exceptional, rigorously justified, and subject to continuous welfare audits. Commercial use in protected areas must be re-examined. Ownership certificates must be verified against actual care standards, not paper compliance. Save the elephants. Not as symbols. Not as attractions. As the protected wildlife they are under Indian law. #SaveTheElephants #WildlifeProtectionAct #StopElephantExploitation

Five elephants: Durga, Hiralal, Shiva, Rupsing & Bijuli are at risk of being transferred from Assam to temple captivity in Tamil Nadu Please act now to stop further movement and protect their welfare. Sign The Petition Now - https://t.co/u3MwtY3OUc Send Email Now - https://t.co/UBGVK9nd8w Please click the link. If it doesn’t open, copy and paste it into your browser and share it widely. #SaveDurga #WhyTheChains #NoElephantsInTemples #StopElephantCaptivity

Five elephants: Durga, Hiralal, Shiva, Rupsing & Bijuli are at risk of being transferred from Assam to temple captivity in Tamil Nadu Please act now to stop further movement and protect their welfare. Sign The Petition Now - https://t.co/u3MwtY3OUc Send Email Now - https://t.co/UBGVK9nd8w Please click the link. If it doesn’t open, copy and paste it into your browser and share it widely. #SaveDurga #WhyTheChains #NoElephantsInTemples #StopElephantCaptivity