Plants And Animal Welfare

In a bid to ensure that no other tusker suffers her fate, an NGO has started a 'Save Jumbo' campaign, in which it is asking citizens to send picture of elephants being used for begging

Everyone must be aware of the idiom "even a dead elephant is worth a lakh". However, very few would know that the hair of the giant animal too fetches a hefty sum. According to Plants and Animal Welfare society, an NGO, mahouts in the city are minting money by selling the hair plucked from the elephant's tail.

In a bid to ensure that no other tusker suffers her fate, an NGO has started a 'Save Jumbo' campaign, in which it is asking citizens to send picture of elephants being used for begging

Everyone must be aware of the idiom "even a dead elephant is worth a lakh". However, very few would know that the hair of the giant animal too fetches a hefty sum. According to Plants and Animal Welfare society, an NGO, mahouts in the city are minting money by selling the hair plucked from the elephant's tail.