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19/03/24 10:05 AM IST

Centre notifies rules allowing transfer of ‘captive’ elephants

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  • The Centre has notified a set of rules called the Captive Elephant (Transfer or Transport) Rules, 2024 that liberalise the conditions under which elephants may be transferred within or between states.
About rules
  • The circumstances under which captive elephants can be transferred are when an owner is no longer in a position to maintain the elephant, the elephant will likely have a better upkeep than in the present circumstances; or when a state’s Chief Wildlife Warden “deems it fit and proper” in the circumstances of the case for better upkeep of the elephant.
  • Before a transfer within the state, an elephant’s health has to be ratified by a veterinarian and the Deputy Conservator of Forests must establish that the animal’s current habitat and prospective habitat are suitable.
  • The Chief Wildlife Warden on receipt of such documents may choose to reject or approve the transfer.
  • If the transfer involves moving the elephant outside of a state, similar conditions apply. Before a transfer is effected, the “genetic profile” of the elephant has to be registered with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Exemption
  • The elephant being transferred ought to be accompanied by a mahout and an elephant assistant; 
  • a health certificate from a veterinary practitioner to the effect that the elephant is fit for transport and is not showing any sign of musth or infectious or contagious disease, is to be obtained; 
  • the transport shall be carried out after the mandatory quarantine period as advised by the veterinary practitioner is over, in case of contagious disease; 
  • the elephant shall be properly fed and given water before loading; 
  • necessary arrangements shall be made to provide food and water to the elephant en route;
  • tranquilisers/sedatives shall be used to control nervous or temperamental elephants upon prescription by the veterinary practitioner.
Source- The Hindu

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