STATE TIMES NEWS
Jammu: Mohini, the only elephant of Jammu with which people had religious faith, will no longer be seen here because the Forest Department has declared it unwell and unsafe and has sent him back to Gujarat citing Supreme Court order in which elephants are no longer allowed to roam on roads.
Finally putting all speculations to rest, the Supreme Court decided to send Mohini elephant to Radhe Krishna Elephant Welfare Trust, Jamnagar, Gujarat. A three member team came from Gujarat to take Mohini to centre where she is given proper care and love she deserves.
It is pertinent to mention here that Rumpy Madaan, Chairperson, Save Animals & Values Environment has filed writ petition in the Supreme Court to save the Mohini-a female elephant who was forced to beg on streets of Jammu by some Babas for years although Babas using her are changed after few years. It has been more than 15 years that she is being abused in heat and cold , forced to walk on concrete roads in 50 degree temperature. When we feel heat of roads through our shoes, imagine plight of miserable Mohini walking in this heat. She was kept inside Narwal Mandi in a under constructed shop belonging to a contractor.
Her handlers walk her all over the city begging in scorching heat and these people are also drug-addicts. These people also beat her with stick forcing her to walk when she is tired, hungry and suffering from heat. Many people reported the same to us on WhatsApp and even tried to stop them, but arrogant Babas continue torturing her fearlessly, without any fear of law. Please rescue the elephant and send her to an Elephant sanctuary where she can spend rest of her days in her natural habitat not living in isolation in this concrete town. She deserves better. Through the columns of your paper, we seek attention of J&K UT administration to please look into the matter at an earliest and make arrangements for rescuing her from this massive abuse by the few drug-addict Babas.