Elephant Agony

Video of Sunder being tortured by mahout went viral in 2013; campaign to free him saw push from Amitabh Bachchan to Pamela Anderson to Paul McCartney

A pregnant elephant dies after eating a pineapple loaded with firecrackers. It's an agonizing death. She stands for days in water with her head submerged, trying to cool her hurt mouth; ultimately, she drowns.

It was a 'trunk' call for Kerala legislators. 'Gods in Shackles', directed by Canada-based Keralite Sangita Iyer, is an award winning documentary on how elephants are abused in the name of temple festivals in Kerala. On Wednesday, it was screened in India for the first time in the Kerala Legislative Assembly complex, on the suggestion of the Speake...

Video of Sunder being tortured by mahout went viral in 2013; campaign to free him saw push from Amitabh Bachchan to Pamela Anderson to Paul McCartney

A pregnant elephant dies after eating a pineapple loaded with firecrackers. It's an agonizing death. She stands for days in water with her head submerged, trying to cool her hurt mouth; ultimately, she drowns.

It was a 'trunk' call for Kerala legislators. 'Gods in Shackles', directed by Canada-based Keralite Sangita Iyer, is an award winning documentary on how elephants are abused in the name of temple festivals in Kerala. On Wednesday, it was screened in India for the first time in the Kerala Legislative Assembly complex, on the suggestion of the Speake...