Sunder Elephant

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

Big, Grey and Smiling. Sunder, the former temple elephant is an unlikely celebrity with friends ranging from the Big B to rock legends. And he is leaving behind a tormented past in Bangalore's Bannerrghatta park.

Sunder, a temple elephant in Maharashtra might have been tortured for his entire life but a recording of his video has helped to free him. The video of the abuse he was receiving at the hands of his mahout was released and caused outrage across India.

Bollywood actress Celina Jaitly has filed a police complaint against MLA Vinay Kore and a mahout for holding an elephant captive in Kolhapur.

The walk to freedom for Sunder, a 13-year-old elephant who has been in captivity, could be delayed further. MLA Vinay Kore, who has been resisting Sunder's release, has now filed an appeal against it in the Supreme Court.

The Bombay High Court has ordered the release of Sunder the elephant into a sanctuary. 13-year-old Sunder who has been in captivity and was kept chained inside a dark shed at a Temple in the Kolhapur district of Maharashtra for seven years will finally be free from the torture. The Bombay High Court asks authorities to implement a state government ...

An animal rights group says a 14-year-old elephant in India is still being abused despite a 2012 appeal by former Beatle Paul McCartney.

PETA has released a video of the 13-year-old temple elephant being tortured and beaten by his handlers in Kolhapur in Maharashtra.

Actors Amitabh Bachchcan and Madhuri Dixit have backed a campaign launched by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals or PETA to free a 14-year-old elephant named Sunder, who is kept in chains in a temple in Kolhapur, Maharashtra.

Sir Paul McCartney took a break from his London Olympics performance rehearsal for Sunder, a baby elephant who is kept in chains.

Former Beatle Paul McCartney took a break from his London Olympics performance rehearsal for Sunder, a baby elephant who has been beaten and is kept in chains here. McCartney, who first came to India in 1966, sent a letter to Maharashtra Forest Minister Patangrao Kadam to use his power to immediately rescue Sunder.

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

Big, Grey and Smiling. Sunder, the former temple elephant is an unlikely celebrity with friends ranging from the Big B to rock legends. And he is leaving behind a tormented past in Bangalore's Bannerrghatta park.

Sunder, a temple elephant in Maharashtra might have been tortured for his entire life but a recording of his video has helped to free him. The video of the abuse he was receiving at the hands of his mahout was released and caused outrage across India.

Bollywood actress Celina Jaitly has filed a police complaint against MLA Vinay Kore and a mahout for holding an elephant captive in Kolhapur.

The walk to freedom for Sunder, a 13-year-old elephant who has been in captivity, could be delayed further. MLA Vinay Kore, who has been resisting Sunder's release, has now filed an appeal against it in the Supreme Court.

The Bombay High Court has ordered the release of Sunder the elephant into a sanctuary. 13-year-old Sunder who has been in captivity and was kept chained inside a dark shed at a Temple in the Kolhapur district of Maharashtra for seven years will finally be free from the torture. The Bombay High Court asks authorities to implement a state government ...

An animal rights group says a 14-year-old elephant in India is still being abused despite a 2012 appeal by former Beatle Paul McCartney.

PETA has released a video of the 13-year-old temple elephant being tortured and beaten by his handlers in Kolhapur in Maharashtra.

Actors Amitabh Bachchcan and Madhuri Dixit have backed a campaign launched by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals or PETA to free a 14-year-old elephant named Sunder, who is kept in chains in a temple in Kolhapur, Maharashtra.

Sir Paul McCartney took a break from his London Olympics performance rehearsal for Sunder, a baby elephant who is kept in chains.

Former Beatle Paul McCartney took a break from his London Olympics performance rehearsal for Sunder, a baby elephant who has been beaten and is kept in chains here. McCartney, who first came to India in 1966, sent a letter to Maharashtra Forest Minister Patangrao Kadam to use his power to immediately rescue Sunder.