HC seeks report on health condition of elephant

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday, hearing a plea seeking treatment of a sick elephant and against its transfer to Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre (Bengaluru) given its health condition, has sought an additional status report. A division bench of Justices M.Sathyanarayanan and R.Hemalatha directed the Wildlife Warden, Virudhunagar, and the District-level Captive Elephants Welfare Committee, Virudhunagar, to inspect the elephant undergoing treatment at the Animal Care Trust, Virudhunagar, and file a report by March 21. The court directed the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest and Chief Wildlife Warden to report on sites with medical facilities for treating elephants. The petitioner, A.Karthick Selvam of Virudhunagar, had moved the High Court stating that the elephant, Lakshmi, owned by N.

Soundarajan of Palani, was suffering from foot rot infection as it was not nurtured properly.

He claimed that the elephant was used to seek alms from the public. He said that the Conservator of Forests, Dindigul, had rescued the elephant.

Veterinary doctors treated it and they advised treatment at the Animal Care Trust. But the owner wanted to entrust the custody of the elephant to the Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre (WRCC), Bengaluru, for a year.

During the course of the treatment, it emerged that the elephant is Indira.

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