PETA India offers mechanical elephants to temples
After a series of elephant attacks in Kerala left five people dead, many injured, and property damaged at temple and mosque festivals in a span of 10 days, PETA India has stepped in with a unique offer.
The organisation is urging temples and mosques to let go of the practice of using live elephants for rituals, by offering to donate lifelike mechanical elephants.
The offer, however, comes with conditions.
The institutions must agree to send the distressed elephants to sanctuaries where they can live freely, without chains or weapons, and among their own kind.
They must also pledge never to use real elephants again.
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The Hindu
After a series of elephant attacks in Kerala left five people dead, many injured, and property damaged at temple and mosque festivals in a span of 10 days, PETA India has stepped in with a unique offer.
The organisation is urging temples and mosques to let go of the practice of using live elephants for rituals, by offering to donate lifelike mechanical elephants. The offer, however, comes with conditions.
The institutions must agree to send the distressed elephants to sanctuaries where they can live freely, without chains or weapons, and among their own kind. They must also pledge never to use real elephants again.
