RE: PETA India -- Re Animals of the Olympic Circus, Calcutta

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This is in continuation of my message sent a few minutes ago. I do not have

Jayasimha's

e-mail id so I am sending this out through aapn.

 

The letter of Dr. Nanditha Krishna to the Member Secretary of the CZA and

the information

given by Dr. Brij Kumar Gupta of CZA are pasted below:

 

 

 

Shri. B. R. Sharma,

Member Secretary,

Central Zoo Authority,

Bikaner House, Annexe VI,

Shahjahan Road,

New Delhi 110 011.

 

 

Dear Shri. Sharma,

 

I have received several letters from animal rights activists about the

following matter:

 

The Olympic Circus has 11 tigers, 2 lions, 2 bears and one monkey. They

have been kept in cages for the past 5 years in a field outside Kolkata and

are dying of starvation and lack of movement because the circus owners do

not provide the funds to feed them. In spite of the letter written by the

Central Zoo Authority (CZA) to PETA India, the state government says they do

not have money for their transportation. I believe the old cages are

falling apart.

 

It is shocking that CZA has not taken the responsibility of transporting

these animals and installing them in one of the five rescue centres. It is

not enough to have laws and rules: It is also imperative for the government

and government agencies to enforce and implement these rules.

 

I am writing to request you to kindly take immediate action to ensure that

cages are made available for transporting these animals to a rescue centre.

I am asking Mr. Jayasimha of PETA India to be in touch with you, so that we

can arrange for the immediate transportation and rescue of these animals.

It is not correct that we take animals out of the wild and do not take the

responsibility of caring for them.

 

With regards,

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Dr. Nanditha Krishna

Hon. Director

 

 

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EEC:CZA:2005-2006:III:042

 

July 8, 2005

 

 

Dr. Pradipto Ghosh, I. A. S.,

Secretary,

Ministry of Environment and Forests,

Government of India,

Paryavaran Bhawan,

CGO Complex, Lodi Road,

New Delhi 110 003.

 

Dear Dr. Ghosh,

 

I have received several letters from animal rights activists about the

following matter:

 

The Olympic Circus has 11 tigers, 2 lions, 2 bears and one monkey. They

have been kept in cages for the past 5 years in a field outside Kolkata and

are dying of starvation and lack of movement because the circus owners do

not provide the funds to feed them. In spite of the letter written by the

Central Zoo Authority (CZA) to PETA India, the state government says they do

not have money for their transportation. I believe the old cages are

falling apart.

 

It is shocking that CZA has not taken the responsibility of transporting

these animals and installing them in one of the five rescue centres. It is

not enough to have laws and rules: It is also imperative for the government

and government agencies to enforce and implement these rules.

 

I am writing to request you to kindly take immediate action to ensure that

cages are made available for transporting these animals to a rescue centre.

It is not correct that we take animals out of the wild and do not take the

responsibility of caring for them.

 

With warm regards,

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Dr. Nanditha Krishna

Hon. Director

 

 

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Chinny

 

 

Dr. Brij Kishore Gupta, Scientist, CZA, informed Dr. T. Sundaramurthi, Head,

Biodiversity Conservation Education at C.P.R. Environmental Education Centre

that, in view of the fact that the existing 5 rescue centres have exceeded

their carrying capacity, CZA has sanctioned 3 more rescue centres for

Bhopal, Calcutta and Bhubaneshwar. Money was released two months ago to

Kolkata for the construction of the rescue centre and absorption of the

Olympic Circus animals. Could somebody on Kolkata find out what has

happened?

 

Nanditha

 

 

 

 

Col. D. Brewin [dbrewin]

Friday, July 08, 2005 11:15 PM

aapn

Re: PETA India -- Needs your Help

 

 

Dear Suparna Ganguly,

 

I have been hesitant to mention this, but in the end I decided that I

should, because, for the benefit of the animals, it may be that the sooner

it's tackled the better.

PETA, USA is getting in increasing trouble over bad ethics, supporting

terrorist organisations and actual cruelty to animals. They are under

prosecution at this minute. I heard so much credit about your organisation

when I was in the Nilgiri Hills last year that I should hate to see it

suffer.

Perhaps a change of name may be appropriate ?

 

 

Dennis Brewin

-

" Suparna Ganguly " <suparnaganguly

<aapn >

Thursday, July 07, 2005 12:23 PM

Re: PETA India -- Needs your Help

 

 

> Dear Jayasimha,

>

> CUPA has been keeping track of these circus animals and I wish to share

> some

> information regarding their possible transport to rescue ctrs.

> BornFree rep. Tony Wiles was in Bangalore recently and we had a discussion

> reg. this issue. It seems they have some 5 or 6 travel cages for tigers,

> which had been used to bring their tigers to India. They could possibly

> have

> these repaired. I think you should get in touch with Tony and co-ordinate

> matters. Also, instead of making 13 cages, let 2 trips be done. I think

> transport may be cheaper than having cages manufactured.

> Also, Karthik of Wildlife SOS may be able to help with the bears and i'm

> sure the monkeys can be housed in a local shelter in Calcutta.

> Hope this helps ........

> regards,

> suparna.

>

> ----

>

> aapn

> 06/30/05 18:42:20

> aapn

> Re: PETA India -- Needs your Help

>

> You can contact Animal Welfare Board of India, Chennai as it can pay for

> transportation/Rescue.

> Sandeep.

>

>

> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 jayasimha N.G wrote :

>>Dear Activist

>>

>>I am writing to you from People for the Ethical

>>Treatment of Animals, India in the hope that you can

>>help us to help some circus animals who are suffering

>>terribly being kept in confining cages for the past 5

>>years in a field outside the city of Kolkata. The

>>government of India passed a law in 1998 that 5

>>animals could no longer perform in circuses, i.e.

>>lions, tigers, monkeys, panthers and bears. The

>>government set up 5 rescue centers for these circus

>>animals. Unfortunately because of bad planning, the

>>number of banned animals in circuses far exceeds the

>>capacity of the rescue centers. Add to that the fact

>>is that circus owners have been fighting to overthrow

>>this ban or get monetary compensation from the

>>government before giving the animals up. The

>>government of some of the states has not supported the

>>ban and so some circuses still have these animals. On

>>top of that, even if we activists get the order to

>>have these animals removed to rescue centers, the

>>state governments do not have the money to pay for

>>their transportation! Till date PETA, India has

>>rescued 43 lions and tigers from 3 circuses and paid

>>for them to be taken to rescue centers across the

>>country.

>>

>>There is one such circus called the Olympic Circus who

>>has 11 tigers, 2 lions, 2 bears and one monkey. They

>>have been kept in cages for the past 5 years, and they

>>are dying of starvation and lack of movement. The

>>circus owners cannot sustain their funds for these

>>animals anymore. After a lot of hard work, we have

>>finally been able to get the order for the animals to

>>be moved to rescue centers. We have enclosed a copy of

>>the letter written to us by the Central Zoo Authority.

>>Unfortunately the state government who need to move

>>these animals do not have any money to make new cages

>>for them and have approached us for help. The old

>>cages are all decript and falling apart. I am

>>attaching an article on the condition of the circus

>>animals outside Kolkata. The problem is that this is

>>going to cost a lot of money - there are a total of 13

>>cages to be made - 11 for the tigers and 2 for the

>>lions. We have been told that each cage is going to

>>cost Rs. 27000 each. We have already raised money for

>>5 but still need the rest of the amount. As we are

>>paying for the cages, they will belong to us and hence

>>we will be able to use the cages in the future when we

>>need to rescue and relocate.

>>

>>

>>

>>We are a charitable organization and it is a large

>>amount for us to raise so fast. Once the cages are

>>ordered, it will take at least 14 to 20 days for them

>>to be ready and every day of delay is another day of

>>suffering for these animals.

>>Mail me at jayasimhang

>>

>>

>>Yours sincerely,

>>Jayasimha

>>Coordinator campaigns and Legal Affairs

>>0091 9870452444

>>

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>>GREATNESS OF NATION AND ITS MORAL PROGRESS

>>CAN BE JUDGED BY THE WAY ITS ANIMALS ARE TREATED- M.K GANDHI.

>>STOP HUMAN AND ANIMAL SUFFERING - GO VEGAN

>>I am only one but still I am one. I cannot do everything but still I can

>>do

> something. I will not refuse to do the something I can do.

>>Helen Keller 1880 - 1968

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