Mumbai:
After Beatles legend Paul McCartney,former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson has spoken out to savethe young elephant Sunder from the shackles which tie him to atemple in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra.
Read: Sir Paul McCartney campaigns to free baby elephant in India
Anderson, who was a guest on reality show Bigg Boss in2010, has written a letter to MLA Vinay Kore, leader of theJan Surajya Shakti Party, requesting that the elephant beremoved from the Jyotiba Temple and sent to a sanctuary rightaway, before he suffers more.
Sunder was donated to the temple by Kore. The youngelephant has been beaten so badly by his mahout (handler) thathe sustains an eye injury and is kept in chains, according toPETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals).
"I am in tears over the plight of the little elephant,Sunder, who you so kindly gave to Jyotiba Temple with the bestof intentions. I am sure you are also crushed by what has beendone to this little soul. He is the age of one of my sons, andas sensitive as anyone's child. Like other victims of abuse,he will be scarred for life mentally, as he already isphysically," wrote Anderson.
"I'm sure you feel as I do that elephants are preciouscreatures of God, and it is a crime against Heaven that hecould have been allowed to be treated like this. Sunder mustbe rescued without delay. May everyone, including me, count onyou, please, to save this youngster?"
Earlier this week, Paul McCartney interrupted hisOlympics rehearsals to send an urgent appeal to ForestMinister Patangrao Shripatrao Kadam to help free Sunder fromchains.
Read: Sir Paul McCartney campaigns to free baby elephant in India
Anderson, who was a guest on reality show Bigg Boss in2010, has written a letter to MLA Vinay Kore, leader of theJan Surajya Shakti Party, requesting that the elephant beremoved from the Jyotiba Temple and sent to a sanctuary rightaway, before he suffers more.
Sunder was donated to the temple by Kore. The youngelephant has been beaten so badly by his mahout (handler) thathe sustains an eye injury and is kept in chains, according toPETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals).
"I am in tears over the plight of the little elephant,Sunder, who you so kindly gave to Jyotiba Temple with the bestof intentions. I am sure you are also crushed by what has beendone to this little soul. He is the age of one of my sons, andas sensitive as anyone's child. Like other victims of abuse,he will be scarred for life mentally, as he already isphysically," wrote Anderson.
"I'm sure you feel as I do that elephants are preciouscreatures of God, and it is a crime against Heaven that hecould have been allowed to be treated like this. Sunder mustbe rescued without delay. May everyone, including me, count onyou, please, to save this youngster?"
Earlier this week, Paul McCartney interrupted hisOlympics rehearsals to send an urgent appeal to ForestMinister Patangrao Shripatrao Kadam to help free Sunder fromchains.
