On 26 July 2013, Plant & Animals Welfare Society - Mumbai office written a letters to Animal Welfare of India (Letter No.: PAWS-Mumbai/SJ-BE/65-2013) & Committee to Monitor Animal Welfare Laws in Maharashtra (Letter No.: PAWS-Mumbai/SJ-BE/66-2013) to inform them about Elephants Laxmi's Ownership Certificate Cancelled & it has been shifted by Forest Department to rehabilitation center at Mathura. As PAWS-Mumbai taken-up this issue with AWBI later the Secretary of Board have personally spoken to officers of Forest Department and event send the letters to them in regards to Bijli-Rame and Laxmi issue and event Committee to Monitor Animal Welfare Laws in Maharashtra have send the strong letter to Deputy Conservator of Forest - Thane.
On 26 July 2013
after 60 years elephant Bijli -Ramu which is regularly seen using for begging
in areas between Powai to Thane met with accident and was fighting for survival
finally end her hope after 19 days on 30th June and the
same owner Rati Ram Goswami resident of Mulund West, Mumbai having
another elephant Laxmi was also not taken proper care and using it for
commercial purpose of begging without any proper food, shelter and medical
care.
Plant & Animals Welfare Society - Mumbai (PAWS-Mumbai) taken up this issue various officers from Forest Department like Principal Secretary Forests - Government of Maharashtra, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Nagpur, Chief Conservator of Forests - Thane, Deputy Conservator of Forests (T-Thane), Range Forest Officer - Mumbai and after continues follow-up with various other authority like Animal Welfare Board of India, Committee to Monitor Animal Welfare Laws in Maharashtra and even meet Maharashtra Minister of Forest Dr. Patangrao Kadam. Later the ownership certificate of Laxmi was cancelled by Madhya Pradesh Forest Department, Thane Forest Department has taken the custody of the Elephant Laxmi along with Mahouts and kept at Thane. On 26th July at night it has been shifted by Forest Department to rehabilitation center at Mathura in truck with police protection.
The brief
letter written by PAWS-Mumbai ……………………….
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| PAWS-Mumbai Letter to AWBI |
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| PAWS-Mumbai Letter to Committee |
Plant & Animals Welfare Society - Mumbai (PAWS-Mumbai) taken up this issue various officers from Forest Department like Principal Secretary Forests - Government of Maharashtra, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Nagpur, Chief Conservator of Forests - Thane, Deputy Conservator of Forests (T-Thane), Range Forest Officer - Mumbai and after continues follow-up with various other authority like Animal Welfare Board of India, Committee to Monitor Animal Welfare Laws in Maharashtra and even meet Maharashtra Minister of Forest Dr. Patangrao Kadam. Later the ownership certificate of Laxmi was cancelled by Madhya Pradesh Forest Department, Thane Forest Department has taken the custody of the Elephant Laxmi along with Mahouts and kept at Thane. On 26th July at night it has been shifted by Forest Department to rehabilitation center at Mathura in truck with police protection.
We PAWS-Mumbai
thank you Justice Shri C. S. Dharmadhikari Ji, Dr.
R.M. Kharb, Dr. Chinny Krishna, Smt. Uma Rani and Shri. Rajendra K. Joshi Ji
for supporting us in this issue, it feed very bad that we have not possible to
save Bijli-Ramu but finally we have success in give a happy life to Laxmi. And
this fight / movement to "Save Jumbo" will not stop till we success
in total banning, for the same we need your same support, guidance ad
blessing in future too.
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