Ban of Elephants in Mumbai

The government has put a ban on allowing domesticated or pet elephants to be walked around the streets of Mumbai. This was win situation for the animal rights activists who had been raising voice against the cruelty and abuse to the elephants. And I agree that it was very abusive towards the beautiful giants to make them walk the busy roads of Mumbai city. The Mahouts or the elephant owners use these poor giants for begging for them. They are used in marriages where they are used to carry Grooms and seen as status symbols. They are used in ceremonies during festivals. Rest of the time they have to walk down the busy mumbai streets full of traffic and pollution begging from mumbaites. Some offer money and some fruits which is collected by the elephants by their trunks and handed over to its mahavat or owner who is sitting on the back of the animal. It is a shame to see these gentle and beautiful giants turned into beggers by their mahavats making them collect money and fruits offered by people for them while themselves sitting on there back shamelessely. The elephants do not even get proper food even though they are the sole bread-earners for the entire mahavat family. The ban was a most necessary and welcome move. But still the same abuse and cruelty is going on everywhere in India. But anyway its a good begining.

This news was reported on MNBC and Zee News