Elephant at Work
25 January 2009
Elephants historically play a central role in Indian life. One really can not imagine India without elephants. Assam one of the east Indian states where elephants breed in captivity in the national park. In Kaziranga National park, there are quite a number of elephants, they are used for tourist rides to the part early in the morning where rhinocerous can be seen in wild.They are then taken out in the nearby forest and come later in the evening for another round for the tourist.
I stayed in Sivasagar, Assam some 100 kilometer from Kaziranga park and have been there many a number of times. The Elephant Festival of Assam is organised every year at Kaziranga National Park in Assam, jointly by the Forest Department and Tourism Department, Govt. of Assam generally in middle of February. There are various activities by domestic elephants and various cultural programmes performed by the locales to make the event more & more entertaining.
Though it has been estimated that only 200 elephants are in captivity in national parks but there are more than 2000 elephant elephants in public captivity which tend to do many sort of work, generally felling trees and carrying the logs. This oil painting is my dedication to those working elephants. In India there are some of strictest elephant legislation in Asia which have to be provided adequate protection for the countries 3600 domesticated elephants.
Many of the elephants suffer intolerable conditions. Even though there is a rich culture of domesticated elephants many animals are not receiving the welfare they are entitled to under the law and as a result suffer a lot. Help saving these animals for our generation.
I stayed in Sivasagar, Assam some 100 kilometer from Kaziranga park and have been there many a number of times. The Elephant Festival of Assam is organised every year at Kaziranga National Park in Assam, jointly by the Forest Department and Tourism Department, Govt. of Assam generally in middle of February. There are various activities by domestic elephants and various cultural programmes performed by the locales to make the event more & more entertaining.
Though it has been estimated that only 200 elephants are in captivity in national parks but there are more than 2000 elephant elephants in public captivity which tend to do many sort of work, generally felling trees and carrying the logs. This oil painting is my dedication to those working elephants. In India there are some of strictest elephant legislation in Asia which have to be provided adequate protection for the countries 3600 domesticated elephants.
Many of the elephants suffer intolerable conditions. Even though there is a rich culture of domesticated elephants many animals are not receiving the welfare they are entitled to under the law and as a result suffer a lot. Help saving these animals for our generation.
