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Elephants, torture, religious festivals and death

Nowadays almost on a daily basis, you can see newspaper reports of elephants going mad and killing its mahout. Some think that this happens because elephant is an aggressive animal. The truth is just opposite. Elephant is one of the most peaceful animals you can find. Then why all these tragedies?
The tragedy is that elephants [...]

Kerala elephants to retire at the age of 65!

Kerala forest minister Binoy Viswam said in the assembly that government has decided to fix the retirement age for elephants at 65. Other elephant friendly initiatives are being taken up such as fixing work hours for elephants and guidelines on elephant transportation.