Further to the most awful TV ad that the Kerala Tourist Board is promoting on TV parading an elephant,
there are many animal activists who are revealing the awful reality on how elephants are treated in Kerala.
'In the land with temple festivals where the elephant is mostly an inseparable
part of the tradition, some elephants that are paraded, are often threatened, beaten and tortured.
Rana,a one-year-old elephant was rescued from Kasaragod in 2013 where she was found trapped in a barbed wire
fencing in an agricultural area. She sustained injuries all over her body. Saved by the locals who spotted her, she was brought to the elephant rehabilitation
camp in Kottur, 40kms from Thiruvananthapuram. Now four years old, she is healthy, cheerful and playful.'
Animal rights activists ring alarm bells over treatment of elephants in Kerala
there are many animal activists who are revealing the awful reality on how elephants are treated in Kerala.
'In the land with temple festivals where the elephant is mostly an inseparable
part of the tradition, some elephants that are paraded, are often threatened, beaten and tortured.
Rana,a one-year-old elephant was rescued from Kasaragod in 2013 where she was found trapped in a barbed wire
fencing in an agricultural area. She sustained injuries all over her body. Saved by the locals who spotted her, she was brought to the elephant rehabilitation
camp in Kottur, 40kms from Thiruvananthapuram. Now four years old, she is healthy, cheerful and playful.'
Animal rights activists ring alarm bells over treatment of elephants in Kerala
