PETA Opposes Move To Send Elephants To Turkmenistan

A press release issued by PETA stated that the proposal was a clear violation of a Central Zoo Authority (CZA) November 2009 directive, which provides that all elephants presently confined to zoos would be shifted to camps, tiger reserves or forest department facilities at national parks. The CZA had issued the directive taking into account the danger that elephants pose to the public and their miserable living conditions in zoos. Read the full report here.

Source: HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, Mumbai.