Category — Legislation

“Animal Rights Africa (ARA) has threatened boycotts, protests and legal steps if South Africa legalises culling to control elephant numbers.” – IOL

“The ongoing man-elephant conflict had its echo in the Orissa assembly on Thursday with nearly two dozen members cutting across party lines expressing concern over the growing jumbo menance in different parts of the state.” – The Hindu News Update Service

“Cutting across party lines, elected representatives of Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts have expressed reservations about the proposal to set up an elephant sanctuary in the Andhra-Orissa Border in the two districts.” – Newindpress.com

“Last Friday, Minneapolis City Council Member Ralph Remington was on his animal rights soapbox, declaring at the council meeting that banning elephant rides was a moral imperative. As inspired orators often do, Remington reached for a prop — an elephant guide, or bull hook — and waved the supposed instrument of punishment about.” – Star Tribune

“You once again ride an elephant in Minneapolis after the City Council made last-minute changes to a proposed set of regulations for circus animals.” – wcco.com

“A childhood rite of passage may be banned in Minneapolis on Friday, when according to The Star Tribune, the city council is expected to vote on an unusual issue: elephant rides.” – New York Times Blog

“Animal protection groups have demanded a ban on elephant rides in Rajasthan’s famous Amber Fort after two tourists were injured when the pachyderms they were sitting on tussled with each other.” – News Post India

“All the owners of captive elephants have been requested to produce their elephants for verification , micro-chipping and issuing of health card at the following venues.” – Newindpress.com

“Poornima and Lakshmi had been rescued by animal rights activists after they were found to be used for begging by their mahouts. However, the issue of their custody had become problematic, with the Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park authorities citing inadequate resources and inability to maintain the elephants.” – Express India

“The Orissa High Court has issued a notice to the Andhra Pradesh government over the death of an elephant during translocation to Orissa in October.” – NewKerala.Com

“Despite the government’s ban on sale and purchase of elephants, this endangered animal is being traded just like any other commodity at Asia’s largest cattle fair in Sonepur, Bihar.” – Traders jumbo scam exposed in Bihar

“Among her tricks, Dondi can cluck like a chicken, roar like a lion, and play a harmonica. She also enjoys giving spectators rides and posing for photos at Southwick’s Zoo in Mendon, according to her handler.” – The Milford Daily News

“The Karnataka High Court has come to the rescue of a temple elephant of Bangalore and directed the Forests Department to temporarily house it in any camp or forest it thought fit.” – The Hindu

“The Karnataka High Court has come to the rescue of a temple elephant of Bangalore and directed the Forests Department to temporarily house the animal in any camp or forest it thought fit.” – The Hindu

“A lawsuit calling for a halt to the new elephant exhibit was expected to be filed against the Los Angeles Zoo on Thursday morning.” – KNBC

“Despite its affection for the giant beasts, Bombay has become the first Indian city to ban them from its streets after an 18-month campaign by animal rights activists.” – Times Online

“Elephants ? long revered in India as symbols of wisdom and good fortune ? are no longer welcome in Mumbai.” – International Herald Tribune

“The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has obtained a court order preventing a man from training and exhibiting elephants, the SPCA says.” – Legalbrief