Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram   

Micro-chips insisted for elephants

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Chief Wildlife Warden of the State has asked the owners of captive elephants to ensure that their animals are implanted with micro-chips for identification and registration.

The elephants should also be brought under insurance coverage, he said in a press release on Sunday. Elephants without micro-chips and insurance coverage would not be allowed to be used for temple festivals or brought to public places, he said.

The insurance coverage should be such as to provide a compensation of up to Rs.2.5 lakh to the family of any person dying in its attack or any person permanently incapacitated by its attack.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Railways to take ticket counters nearer homes
Meet to ease traffic congestion
Doctors promoted
New train timings from tomorrow
Violation of norms failed insurance scheme
Marginal dip in B.Com. pass percentage
Micro-chips insisted for elephants
Police inspect prayer centre
Meet to end violence demanded
‘Macaque died of heart attack’
KSU to intensify stir
Rs.500-crore project for national games in State capital
NCC cadets learn the ropes of seamanship
Dharna tomorrow

Copyright © 2008, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu