Elephants are wild animals. Feudal traditions meant that displaying wealth, status and pomp by owning elephants and bringing them up to local temples. In those days, Hummer was not available. Today, we have Television, internet, FM radio’s, Multiplexes and bowling alleys for entertainment. Temple festivals need not have fireworks and elephants to attract people. These animals are ill treated, unable to bear the heat, made to walk on tar roads. There has been at least one incident a day of elephants running amok since the temple festival season began in 2009. And this has been going on for ages and media just reports it like an interesting news. Its time someone does some thing about this. This age old tradition needs to change.
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I oppose to this view. Elephants must be given proper care in the temples. Its just the mahouts who need to be told how to show care towards them. Why there was no hue and cry 50 yrs back? everything was going great then, wasn’t it?