Hyderabad, Dec. 16 -- Fifty-year-old Jai can now breathe freely and enjoy his sunset years in comfort at the Elephant Hospital on the Agra-Mathura border.

Jai, the elephant, was forced to keep moving in spiked chains from villages to towns by beggars asking for alms.

The Rajasthan Forest department finally decided to book the offenders and secure the release of Jai, from the offenders. A lifetime of hardships ended and a new era has begun in the life of the hapless animal.

The elephant has been handed over to Wildlife SOS for long-term medical treatment and care as the spiked chains had become embedded inside his leg causing severe infection endangering his life. The elephant's hind limbs were bound in spiked chains, causing chronic wo...