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End Elephant Rides, Urges World Animal Protection During Citizens' Walk to Rajasthan Chief Minister on Occasion of World Elephant Day | ||
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India On the occasion of World Elephant Day, World Animal Protection has urged the Chief Minister of Rajasthan to end elephant rides and retire the elephants to a wildlife friendly sanctuary. More than 500 individuals participated in a rally to highlight the plight of captive elephants used for rides in Amer Fort in Jaipur. The volunteers of Lending Hands Foundation, alongside several schools, Rang Mastaaney, Kanoria Mahila Vidyalaya, Rajasthan Environment and Energy Conservation Center and S S Jain Subodh P G College in Jaipur took a rally around Jawahar Circle in Jaipur to support the cause of elephant protection and humane treatment of India’s National Heritage Animal. One hundred thousand signatures from people in India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, USA and Denmark are being handed over to the Chief Minister of Rajasthan to end elephant rides in Amer Fort.
Walk for elephants in Jaipur for World Elephant Day World Animal Protection
Amer Fort Jaipur elephant photograph April 2023 Shubhobroto Ghosh World Animal Protection
www.worldanimalprotection.org.in, dkt6rvnu67rqj.cloudfront.net
The findings of World Animal Protection are in consonance with the government’s own suggestions made for captive elephants in Jaipur that recommends replacing elephant rides with motorized electric vehicles.
For more information, please visit: www.worldanimalprotection.org.in. |
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