Animal Activist caught Injured Elephant LAXMI using for Joy Rite at Mumbai – Mulund

Injured Elephant using for Joy Ride

Injury found on all over
 the body 

 On Sunday, August 15, 2010 Evening, an injured Elephant LAXMI was used for Joyride outside a garden at Mulund West. Animal Activist Sunish Subramanian Kunju of Plant & Animals Welfare Society – Mumbai and Amisha Shah of Smt. Maneka Gandhi's People for Animals have taken this issue with Mulund Police Station and booked the owner RATI RAM GOSWAMI under various section of Bombay Police Act. Owner, mahout and elephant were there in Police Station compound for 24 Hours (15^th & 16^th  August 2013).

Vet who issue fitness certificate without
seeing the elephant, officer from Mulund
Police Station and owner Rati Ram
Goswami

The elephant was having injury in back and all over the body, which was covered with sack without an treatment and using it for Joy Ride near an garden at Devidayal Road, Mulund West. It was not first time the owner of this elephant was caught red handed using injured elephant for commercial purpose.

As per the information received Goswami is the resident of Mulund (West)and is the owner of two elephants (LAXMI & BIJLI - Ramu) which he use for commercial purpose like begging on streets, joy ride in areas like Bhandup, Mulund, Thane, Kanjur Marg and also taking them for marriage ceremony, entertainment  and religious functions.

Photographs showing the real condition of elephant

Untreated Injuries found on the body of the elephant

Owner, Mahout and Elephant at Mulund Police Station

Overweight due to not proper diet and exercise

Mulund West resident and Owner of two elephants
Rati Ram Goswami at Mulund Police Station

Unqualified and Untrained Mahout employed
by the private owner elephant owners   



Letter No. Desk-I/Offence/793 of 2001 - 02 Thane - 400 602, dated 2 May 2002
of G.K. Anarse - Deputy Conservator of Forests, Thane Forest Division, Thane
addressing to The Divisional Forest Officer, Saran (Chhapra)
in regards to Elephants and the Ownership Certificate of Ratiram Goswami.

Certificate of Ownership was issued by
Office of the Wildlife Warden, Madhya Pradesh
on Dated 21-5-02 to Owner
Name : Rati Ram Goswami & Ram Devi Goswami
and Elephant (Female) Name : Laxmi Age : 6 Years 

Injury hiding by covered with sack

without an treatment

We found that the Mahout are also selling the hair of
the elephant tail as good luck 

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Citizen spotted Elephant in Vasai

On 13^th January 2010, an elephant been spotted using for begging in the busy street of Vasai and it is clear from photograph they are use for commercial purpose to earn money by displaying it in public. This elephant is regularly seen in this area.

Photograph by Sneha Poojary

 

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