Sidharth Malhotra, Vijender Singh, Harshvardhan Rane, Bani J, and Ashmit Patel Speak Out Against Elephant Abuse
Social media was set ablaze when celebrities such as Sidharth Malhotra, Vijender Singh, Harshvardhan Rane, Bani J, and Ashmit Patel recently tweeted in favour of unchaining elephants. Vijender, Harshvardhan, and Ashmit tagged the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in their social media posts urging authorities to stop elephant rides and performances, including for circuses.
Elephants don’t deserve this!
Free them from the shackles and let them thrive.@PetaIndia @Sachbang #UnchainElephants pic.twitter.com/C0L05I2kmR— Sidharth Malhotra (@SidMalhotra) April 17, 2021
Actor Sidharth Malhotra tweeted, “Elephants don’t deserve this! Free them from the shackles and let them thrive. @PetaIndia @Sachbang #UnchainElephants.”
Dear @Dept_of_AHD and @moefcc, please include elephants in the species banned from being used in performances. They don’t want to be chained or hit. #UnchainElephants @PetaIndia pic.twitter.com/augcMMbhvf
— Vijender Singh (@boxervijender) April 16, 2021
Dear @Dept_of_AHD and @moefcc , please include elephants in the species banned from being used in performances. They don’t want to be chained or hit. #UnchainElephants @PetaIndia pic.twitter.com/xyvhhRCdfJ
— Harshvardhan Rane (@harsha_actor) April 16, 2021
Dear @Dept_of_AHD and @moefcc please include elephants in the species banned from being used in performances. They don’t want to be chained or hit. #UnchainElephants @PetaIndia
— Bani J⚡️ (@bani_j) April 16, 2021
Join @petaindia and me in urging the @Dept_of_AHD and @moefcc to add elephants in the species banned from being used in performances. They don’t want to be chained or hit.
#UnchainElephants pic.twitter.com/wv7oQT794v— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) April 20, 2021
PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to use for entertainment or abuse in any other way” – has conducted multiple investigations which have documented that elephants used for performances throughout India are commonly denied adequate food, water, and veterinary care. Many suffer from visual impairment, injuries from ankuses, or painful foot conditions. It’s no wonder that many of these animals retaliate, becoming a threat to the humans around them. According to figures compiled by the Heritage Animal Task Force, captive elephants killed 526 people in Kerala within a 15–year span. Many captive ecaptive elephants also suffer from tuberculosis, which can spread to humans.
PETA India has conducted multiple investigations which have documented that elephants used for performances throughout India are commonly denied adequate food, water, and veterinary care. Many suffer from visual impairment, injuries from ankuses, or painful foot conditions. It’s no wonder that many of these animals retaliate, becoming a threat to the humans around them. According to figures compiled by the Heritage Animal Task Force, captive elephants killed 526 people in Kerala within a 15–year span. Many captive elephants also suffer from tuberculosis, which can spread to humans.
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