New Delhi, June 29 -- Just as Mauritius had to change its entire commerce and culture 300 years ago when the Dodos became extinct, Indians will be very strongly affected as the elephants diminish in number.
The recent deaths of elephants in Kerala by homemade bombs, and in Chhattisgarh by poisoning their waterholes, has brought this gentle, useful creature into focus. There is no doubt that elephants in India are dying rapidly and they have no saviours. The case that has been lying unheard before the Supreme Court for seven years would have saved thousands of lives, but the Hon'ble Court, which saw fit to rule in the Jalikattu case with extraordinary speed, has not found time to save this species.
Elephants die when their corridors of mov...