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EWN appeals to elephant polo sponsor
Elephant Watch Nepal has appealed to ME Travel & Tours to end its support to the Chitwan Elephant Festival during which, as recently revealed by a PETA investigation, elephants are cruelly treated. In a letter addressed to Mr Kamal Raj Adhikari, … Continue reading
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An Open Letter to President Bidya Devi Bhandari…
Dear Honorable President, Elephant Watch Nepal (EWN) was surprised to read that you promote elephant polo as a means to generate tourism income. Elephant polo and other ‘games’ involving elephants is an outdated practice in most parts of the world. … Continue reading
R.I.P. Esmond Martin
Animals 24-7 reports that Esmond Martin was murdered in his sleep on February 5, 2018 in connection with a probe of alleged mismanagement at Nairobi National Park. Esmond was well known in Nepal for his 2013 research on the reduction of rhino … Continue reading
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Temple Tiger Group Conciliatory, but does not Concede…
Today myRepublica reports that Executive Chairperson Of Temple Tiger Group, Basanta Raj Mishra, held a round table discussion about whether elephant riding is against animal rights or not. According to Mishra, if elephant rides are banned in Nepal, the move will hit … Continue reading
Nepal’s Jungle-Safari Operators Concede, Willing to Compromise…
According to a recent Himalayan Times news story, tourism operators say that they could not entirely dismiss the concerns raised by animal rights activists, and expressed readiness to reach a “compromise.” They suggested that they could lower the working hours for … Continue reading
Field Report: Elephants Chained – a Sad Day in Nepal!
On October 19, 2017, my boyfriend and I arrived in Nepal anxious to see the wonderful wildlife in Shuklaphanta National Park. We arrived at the park the next day and had a generally successful trip spotting the wildlife as we … Continue reading
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The Times They Are a-Changin’
When Bob Dylan wrote his seminal song “The Times They Are a-Changin’” back in 1964, he wanted to create an anthem for change. Not surprisingly, this song became the archetypal protest song for so many other movements – in addition to … Continue reading
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The Plight of Baby Elephants in Nepal
The plight of Samrat Gaj, a baby elephant at Sapana Village Lodge in Sauraha, Chitwan, draws the attention to the suffering of elephants born into the safari tourism industry in Nepal. Their abuse includes chaining, separation from the mother, cruel training, … Continue reading
You don’t need to ride an elephant to enjoy one
Chitwan and elephant safaris seem to be synonyms. Most parents who bring their kids to to the jungle want to give them the experience of riding an elephant. So why do we oppose elephant rides? And is there an alternative? … Continue reading
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Bad News for Our African Friends
From the Great Elephant Census A stunning post at Global Citizen posits “Elephants could be the next generation’s dinosaurs” and highlights the latest results from the Great Elephant Census. What that implies is that our children (and our children’s children) may … Continue reading
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