PROOF ENOUGH. ELEPHANTS BELONG IN THE WILD, NOT IN CAPTIVITY. The #Dasara procession in Shivamogga turned into a tragedy. An elephant carrying the #Ambari ran amok through the streets, damaging buildings and vehicles before the 650-kg silver Ambari fell to the ground. How many more warnings do we need? Elephants are wild, highly intelligent, sensitive beings, not ceremonial props to be paraded through crowded streets, surrounded by noise, chaos and people, with no freedom to choose where they belong. Tradition can never justify putting lives at risk, human or animal. Elephants belong with their families, roaming freely in their natural habitats. Not in chains. Not in processions. Not in temples. Let devotion mean compassion. End elephant captivity. Let them be wild and free. #SaveTheFive #VerifyTheFive #FreeTheFive #NoElephantsInTemples #StopElephantCaptivity

LOOK AT HOW THIS ELEPHANT IS CHAINED IN SHIVAMOGGA, KARNATAKA. His legs restrained, his movement restricted, his body painted and decorated for a religious procession. Even criminals arent chained like this, but an innocent animal? THIS IS THE REALITY OF TEMPLE ELEPHANTS BEHIND THE GLORY OF OUR FESTIVALS. We celebrate tradition while these sentient beings pay the price with their freedom and dignity. And now, 5 elephants from Assam are facing a future in Tamil Nadu. Is this the life that awaits them too? Chains, confinement, forced participation in religious ceremonies and a lifetime of being controlled for human beliefs? We cannot allow their future to become another story of captivity and suffering. RELIGION IS NO EXCUSE FOR CRUELTY. TRADITION DOES NOT JUSTIFY CHAINS. We must speak up NOW. Save these five elephants from a future of captivity. They deserve to live as elephants, not as prisoners of human tradition. #SaveElephants #ElephantRights #AnimalRights #SaveIndianAnimals #EndTempleElephantCulture @PFCII @DKShivakumar @CMOTamilnadu @assamforest @PetaIndia @pfaindia @AwbiBallabhgarh @narendramodi @trishtrashers

See the couple posing with five-year-old Durga at Madurai Meenakshi Amman Temple? Krishnamurthy Vaidyanathan alias Judicial Krishnamurthy and Anuradha Krishnamurthy , who both are Tamil Iyers with standing membership in major temple trusts and boards, including Tirupati Balaji and the Purva Tirupati Balaji Mandir Trust at Betkuchi, Guwahati. Anuradha visited Assam twice last month and organised the movement of five young elephants from Assam to Tamil Nadu temples. Durga was taken from the Manas area on the night of 7 September and travelled nearly 3,000 km in six days. Krishnamurthy is said to have secured bail for Amit Shah through Justice Sadasivam (also an Iyer). The contact ran through Kanchi Sankara Mutt. A “gift” or a well-connected transfer of Assam’s elephants under cover of darkness? Ownership papers, age verification, High-Powered Committee clearance, and commercial versus donation claims remain unanswered on this illegal Wildlife transfer. The silent exodus of Assam’s elephants must stop!!!