New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has notified new rules for the transfer of captive elephants.
The Times of India has reported that for initiating transfer of elephants from one state to another, the chief wildlife warden (CWW) of the state, where the elephant is being transferred, has to be notified. S/he, would, in turn, forward the application to the CWW of the state from where the animal is being transferred.
The state’s CWW, which would accept the elephant, has to send the application and documents concerned to an official not below the rank of deputy conservator of forests (DCF) within seven days. The DCF would conduct the enquiry in 15 days and submit the report to the CWW.
The CWW of the recipient state would share the report with his counterpart in the donor state. The donor state CWW would be taking a final decision on transfer to be accepted or rejected.
Hindustan Times has reported that the transfer, according to the new rules, would be permitted if the donor is no longer capable of taking care of the captive elephant. For a transfer to be allowed, the genetic profile of the elephant has to be entered into an MoEFCC application, electronically.
