"India to move zoo, circus elephants to parks" by Associated Press | November 14, 2009
NEW DELHI - An estimated 28,000 wild elephants live in India’s forest reserves and national parks, mainly in the southern and northeastern parts of the country. Another 3,500 elephants live in captivity, many of them in temples, or work in logging camps, where they are used to lift timber. No decision has been made about them....
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I watched an Animal Planet show on them, and they remember where their herd mates die.
In fact, one died during their journey on the show, and the other elephants had a devil of a time getting the mother to move along.
It was heart-breaking to see the mother elephant wailing, not want to leave her dead calf!
The narrator even pointed out that the elephants were SHOWING EMOTIONS!!!!
And now they are SELF-AWARE ENOUGH to PAINT!!!!
LIFE is PRECIOUS, world!!!
Can't we all SHARE THIS PLANET in PEACE??!!!!!!!!!
Also see: Around the Horn of Africa: Elephants and Ivory
We are NOT AS SUPERIOR as you think we are, humans!
In many ways, the ELEPHANTS are BETTER THAN US!!
They don't KILL EACH OTHER for CONTROL or PROFIT!
All elephants living in Indian zoos and circuses will be moved to wildlife parks and game sanctuaries where the animals can graze more freely, officials said yesterday. The decision affects about 140 elephants in 26 zoos and 16 circuses in the country, said B.K. Gupta, an officer at India’s Central Zoo Authority.... The order followed complaints from animal rights activists about elephants that are kept in captivity and often chained for long hours, Gupta said.
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The elephants currently living in zoos or circuses are to be moved to “elephant camps’’ run by the government’s forest department and located near protected areas and national parks. There they would be able to roam and graze freely, but “mahouts,’’ or traditional elephant trainers, would still keep an eye on them.
I never like the idea of GOVERNMENT CAMPS for anything, but....
Some elephant specialists, however, were skeptical about moving the elephants to wildlife preserves, many of which are under pressure from encroaching human habitation....
Well, there you go.
