AR-News: (India) New rule for captive elephants

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TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2004 03:35:44 AM ]

LUCKNOW : An expert committee constituted by the Centre, that was studying 
the status of captive elephants across the country, has issued radical new 
directions to help forest officials keep track of such pachyderms. 
  Members of the expert committee met the chief wildlife wardens of Uttar 
Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar and Tamil Nadu in New Delhi on Wednesday, and discussed 
the status of captive elephants in these states. 
  In the light of the misuse of ownership certificates by elephant owners, 
the committee had ordered the implementation of the micro-chip method to keep a 
tab on captive elephants. 






full story:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/569076.cms 
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