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Kerala to amend rules for elephant care
Why in news?
- The government will amend the rules to ensure that captive elephants in Kerala are looked after well.
- Move comes in the wake of increasing harassment of the animals.
- It will ensure that captive elephants are looked after well and given proper diet and rest and the prescribed guidelines are followed while they are taken for public functions and festivals.
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- Why such move?(1) The number of captive elephants in the State had come down from 521 to 507.(2) As 14 deaths had been reported after the first ever census of captive elephants held on November 29 last year by the Forests and Wildlife Department.
- Elephant census:(1) Of the 521 listed in the enumeration, 401 were male elephants, 98 female, and 22 ‘makhna’ (tuskless male elephants).(2) 34 captive elephants died in the State and a committee that looked into the issue had cited lack of proper rest and upkeep as the major reasons.
- What are the Supreme Court direction?(1) SC directs temples in the State mandatory registration for parading of captive elephants for festivals.
- Online monitoring:(1) For implementing the guidelines, a mobile and web application has been prepared and online monitoring has commenced.(2) Certificates had been made mandatory for captive elephants aged four years and above for parading at public functions.(3) The captive elephants found to be weak would be shifted to the elephant rescue and rehabilitation centre at Kappukad, Kottoor, in Thiruvananthapuram.
Source
The hindu