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PETA for ban on elephants during Dasara

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August 10, 2018

Mysuru, Aug 10: With just two months left, Karnataka’s flagship Dasara festival has run afoul of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India, which has opposed elephants in the celebrations.

The organization will stage a dharna here on Thursday, calling for an end to the use of elephants in performances, including circuses and processions, and for tourist rides. This comes four days ahead of World Elephant Day. While officials have left the decision to the government, stakeholders in the tourism sector said Dasara is incomplete without elephants.

Dasara elephants treated well: DCF

Peta said elephants are used in the Vijayadashami procession during Mysuru Dasara.

Elephants are protected under Schedule I of The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, and have been declared a national heritage animal by the central government. However, they are excluded from the list of animals banned from performances under Section 22 of The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.

BS Prashanth, president, Mysuru Travel Agents’ Association, told TOI Dasara has been celebrated in Mysuru for over 400 years and elephants play a major role. “For two months before Dasara, elephants are given special food not available in the forest. The treatment is good,” he added.

Siddaramappa, DCF (wildlife) said: “There is no cruelty meted out to Dasara elephants. It’s a 400-year-old tradition that elephants are part of Dasara festivities. These elephants are cared for well.”

Comments

Mohan
 - 
Friday, 10 Aug 2018

Do you think, keeping heavy weight things on elephant in noisy atmosphere is the way of treating well? ban domesticating elephants

Ramprasad
 - 
Friday, 10 Aug 2018

How they can tell elephants are treated well. If some people using DCF authorities for Dasara, can accept it..! then human rights violation people start making noises. Why people are not thinking about animals

Kumar
 - 
Friday, 10 Aug 2018

Good decision from PETA. Should ban elephants from all other states too. People are utilising elephants for thier personal use... for making money.. 

Danish
 - 
Friday, 10 Aug 2018

What rubbish DCF telling. Elephants are well treated it seems. DCF, you should realise one thing that elephants are not meant for these kind of activities. They are wild animals.. 

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August 4,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 4: The Kasaragod district administration has decided to restore the e-pass system for daily commuters between Kasaragod and Mangaluru amid covid-19 crisis. 

As covid-19 cases began to increase in Dakshina Kannada, the Kasargod district administration had unilaterally newly introduced of daily pass system on July 6 for entry and exit from Talapady border. This had inconvenienced hundreds of employees, who visited Mangaluru daily to eke a living. 

The decision to resume the pass system was taken in a video conference of Kerala Revenue Minister Chandrasekharan with officials and elected representatives on August 3.

The minister said the Kasaragod district administration will resume issuing of passes for daily commuters between Kasaragod and Mangaluru. But they should undergo rapid antigen test for every week to renew their passes.

"Similarly, one-time interstate passes will be issued for those who want to take part in marriages, funeral and other functions in both states. Even they should undergo antigen test after returning from the functions,” the minister added.

As per the previous order, daily commuters, especially employees, had to stay in Mangaluru for 28 days before returning to Kasargod. Later, Kerala government relaxed rules on July 23 allowing only bank employees from Kasaragod to travel daily in their private vehicles to their workplace in Dakshina Kannada.

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May 19,2020

Mangaluru/Mysuru, May 19: Though the Karnataka government permitted the private buses, operators in Dakshina Kannada district have decided not to operate buses until May end. In Mysuru district too the private buses remained off the roads.

Dakshina Kannada Bus Owners’ Association President Dilraj Alva said “Technically, private bus operators are not able to operate services as all of us have surrendered our permits. If we start services we will have to pay the tax for entire month. Hence, we have decided to resume bus services from June 1.”

The private buses had suspended their services since March 24.

In addition, bus owners also have two more demands which the state government needs to consider on priority, he said.

“We have requested the government to exempt private buses from paying tax for the next six months. We were not plying buses during lockdown and it will be tough for us in the next three months to operate as per new conditions.”

“The government has allowed only 30 persons in each bus to maintain social distancing. In addition, we have been urging the state government for bus fare revision since 2013. The government has revised the bus fares of KSRTC twice after that,” Alva said adding that bus owners will be meeting Mangaluru RTO on Tuesday.

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July 17,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 17: An expert team from Bengaluru has arrived here on Friday to study the factors that have led to the sudden spurt in death due to Covid-19 in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka in the recent past.

The team has arrived following a request made by the district administration. The team comprising three experts has already held talks with specialist Doctors, according to official sources.

It will examine the reports on the treatment provided to the patients who have succumbed to the infection and will submit a report citing reasons for the increase in deaths, the sources added.

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