Kolhapur residents hold 45-km march for elephant's return
MUMBAI, Aug. 4 -- After the transfer of Mahadevi, an elephant belonging to a Jain shrine in Kolhapur, to Vantara, an animal rescue initiative in Jamnagar, those who were unwilling to let go staged a march on Sunday. Thousands of locals and Mahayuti leaders in Kolhapur marched for 45 km from the shrine to the collector's office, demanding that Mahadevi be brought back, following which CM Devendra Fadnavis said he would hold a meeting on this on Tuesday.
Mahadevi was transferred from the Swastishri Jinsen Bhattarak Pattacharya Mahaswamy Sanstha to Vantara, following a Bombay HC order on July 16.
The court's decision came after hearing a plea by the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which had pointed out that the elephant had arthritis and foot rot and was kept in solitary confinement. The Supreme Court upheld the HC order on July 22. P5...
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