Tag: elephants

Assam: Despite Being in Draft NRC

Source- nenow.in While the Project Elephant Division of the Ministry of Environment and Forest closely monitors trans-location of elephants, did the Assam Forest Department keep New Delhi in the dark about transportation of four elephants to Gujarat? Ranjana Gupta, AssamтАЩs Chief Wildlife Warden, between June 12 and 14 granted permission to transport four juvenile elephants

PIL filed in Gauhati High Court challenging transport of four elephants to Gujarat

Source: thehindu.com An animal rights group on Friday filed a public interest litigation petition in the Gauhati High Court challenging the Assam governmentтАЩs decision to transport four juvenile elephants, two of them females, in railway wagons to Ahmedabad in Gujarat for the annual Rath Yatra festival at the Jagannath temple on July 4. Urmi Mala