Often chained, sometimes tortured, elephants to be evicted from zoos and circuses for a ‘better’ life in ‘protected’ areas...
Are they any less deserving of the same compassion? Are their living conditions ideal? Or is it the typical case of ‘size does matter’? While these questions need some pondering, the decision has brought many cheers to the lobby that has been fighting for better conditions for the animal. However, some would also argue that authorities have taken the easy way out as constraints with respect to size of enclosures, in zoos especially, could have been dealt with easily owing to large spaces that lie wasted due to bad planning and poor design. Some also maintain that the upkeep of a large animal like an elephant is no mean task and there are reports of reluctance on the part of some forest departments to accept the animals.
Perplexing as it may sound, the diktat is not binding on hundreds of elephants that are either used for work or those kept in temples. It would also be interesting to see how the well-intended move is received by circus owners who have already been made to part with their tigers and lions in the past. All said and done, the move would mean that a family’s day out at the zoo will soon give way to a weekend holiday to Corbett National Park or Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, for a jungle safari would be the only other option for parents of kids who will settle for nothing less than the real thing. In all this, let’s just hope the elephant gets a better life… for the heart of a wild animal knows little joy in anything else but the freedom that comes from instinct, the freedom to roam free...
Are they any less deserving of the same compassion? Are their living conditions ideal? Or is it the typical case of ‘size does matter’? While these questions need some pondering, the decision has brought many cheers to the lobby that has been fighting for better conditions for the animal. However, some would also argue that authorities have taken the easy way out as constraints with respect to size of enclosures, in zoos especially, could have been dealt with easily owing to large spaces that lie wasted due to bad planning and poor design. Some also maintain that the upkeep of a large animal like an elephant is no mean task and there are reports of reluctance on the part of some forest departments to accept the animals.
Perplexing as it may sound, the diktat is not binding on hundreds of elephants that are either used for work or those kept in temples. It would also be interesting to see how the well-intended move is received by circus owners who have already been made to part with their tigers and lions in the past. All said and done, the move would mean that a family’s day out at the zoo will soon give way to a weekend holiday to Corbett National Park or Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, for a jungle safari would be the only other option for parents of kids who will settle for nothing less than the real thing. In all this, let’s just hope the elephant gets a better life… for the heart of a wild animal knows little joy in anything else but the freedom that comes from instinct, the freedom to roam free...
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
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