BP Ravi, Exec Director & Management of Mysore Zoo, India: Release elephants in Mysore Zoo to appropriate sanctuary

Elephant treatment at Mysore Zoo - 27.9.2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLNoraHKbzs

Mysore Zoo
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mysore-Zoo/140460825979507#

There is a video recording currently circulating that shows a staff member in Mysore Zoo savagely and unnecessarily beating a baby elephant repeatedly with a steel rod with all his might. He was still beating the baby elephant even when the baby elephant was limping away as he had wanted. Then he went on to beat another elephant. The same video showed the baby elephant clearly limping and was in great pain from injuries sustained from numerous beatings. This is abhorrent cruelty to sentient beings beyond human comprehension. Elephants are beautiful gentle giants and deserve our respect and loving kindness in treatment. They did not ask to become prisoners and then to be grossly abused in such a horrific manner. We will monitor all reports on this Mysore Zoo. If the situation is not improved, this zoo must close. Mysore Zoo is an eyesore. Mysore Zoo is your sore too.

FORMAL WARNING TO THE MANAGEMENT OF MYSORE ZOO!

There is a post to the Facebook page of Mysore Zoo that constitutes a formal warning to the management of Mysore Zoo. This formal warning to Mysore Zoo has also been posted to various other sites. Any removal of this post from the Facebook page of Mysore Zoo or from any other site will not be valid as a defence of non-service of warning nor can it be entered as a plea of ignorance. Screenshots of this post to the Facebook page of Mysore Zoo have been taken and saved. There are many witnesses who have seen this post to the Facebook page of Mysore Zoo.

Elephants are gentle giants and they are not known to cause any harm if they are unprovoked. But there are records of elephants reacting and going on a rampage and attacking all people in their path when they finally suffer from an emotional breakdown after a long history of abuse at the hands of people.

Below are links to two examples of abused elephants going on a rampage.

Abused elephant goes on a rampage in Kerala, India

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWmToj9Xy6s

Tyke, the abused circus elephant in Hawaii in 1994

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4IH-EqoHws

The management of Mysore Zoo are hereby formally forewarned to immediately start treating elephants and all other animals with respect and kindness. If any of the elephants were to ever go on a rampage and hurt or kill anyone, the management of Mysore Zoo have been formally forewarned that this would happen as a result of a history of abuse and the management will be held responsible for any harm or death that may be caused by the elephants. Any misbehaviour on the part of the elephants is a result of mistreatment by people. The elephants must never be held responsible for their behaviour or misbehaviour.

If the management want to avoid this heavy responsibility, there are two things that the management of Mysore Zoo have to do: (1) Stop all beatings of elephants immediately and start treating the elephants with respect and kindness and only use gentle persuasion. (2) The best way to avoid liability is to release the elephants into sanctuaries to live out their lives peacefully without any further exploitation.

The elephants at Mysore Zoo have already been physically harmed and mentally and emotionally damaged. Everybody knows that elephants have long memories. They remember well the abuse that they have suffered. If the management do not heed this warning, they will have to be held responsible for any injuries or death that any of the elephants may inflict on people.