Don t use 20 unfit elephants for rides at Amer Fort: Raj govt
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Tue, Feb 9 2021 14:12 IST |
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Jaipur, Feb 9 : Acting on the recommendation of a committee constituted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the Rajasthan government has ordered that 20 medically unfit elephants should not be used to ferry tourists at Jaipur s Amer Fort.
The order was issued last week to the Department of Archaeology and Museums regarding these elephants, including three found TB positive, 11 blind in one eye, one suffering from bilateral corneal opacity, one with a problem in the right eye. One pachyderm needs to be kept on natural substrate while three have been ordered by veterinarians tobe given complete rest.