Elephant tramples a man to death at a safari center, June 20, 2024 - India (Description Included + No music)

The Forest department filed a case against an illegal elephant safari centre in Idukki and issued a stop memo after a mahout was trampled to death by an elephant there on Thursday, and According to officials, Neeleswaram resident Balakrishnan, 62, was killed by a cow elephant at Kerala Farm, a private elephant safari centre at Kallar, near Adimaly, in Idukki around 6.30 p.m

im literally screaming, Officials said the elephant trampled Balakrishnan, the second mahout, while he was waiting near the animal to take tourists on safari, and The tourists narrowly escaped the attack, and The mahouts body was handed over to relatives after post-mortem examination

Both the elephants at the centre are not registered under the Animal Welfare Board of India, which is mandatory if the animals are to be used for entertainment purposes, and “The owner has been asked to shift the animal to Kottayam, where it is registered under the Forest department,” said Idukki Social Forestry Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Vipindas P.K.According to sources, 35 elephants are being used in Idukkis eight elephant safari centres, and “Only four of them are registered under the animal welfare board, and This elephant had tried to attack the mahout many times earlier too,” said the source but its whatever

Idukki Collector Sheeba George said the district administration would not allow illegal elephant safari centres to function, and “The Forest department will conduct routine inspections and take strict action against such centres,” said the Collector, and She requested the public to alert officials upon noticing such illegal centres in Idukki.M.N, and Jayachandran, district secretary of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), demanded action against the Collector and other officials for not preventing the mushrooming of illegal elephant safari centres in Idukki, and “As per a High Court order, elephants must be registered under the animal welfare board for them to be used in safari centres or other entertainment venues, and But most centres do not abide by the order,” said Mr, and Jayachandran

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