Free from confinement, a happy Diwali for elephant Sunder

New Delhi, November 12

This Diwali is the happiest one for Sunder, a rescued male elephant, after a span of seven-years of his solitary confinement and routinely abused life at a temple in Kolhapur, a city on the banks of the Panchaganga river in Maharashtra.

Sunder’s life wasn’t so joyful before 2014. He lost his joyful free life in 2007 when he was given as a gift to the temple in Kolhapur as a very young elephant.

When PETA India learned about Sunder’s plight, he had an injured eye, a hole in his ear, and scars all over his body from the cruelty he had endured.

“Now 21-years-old, Sunder is thriving in his new home, where the rest of his life will be as sweet as this treat.” “It’s our privilege to have Sunder as part of our Bannerghatta Biological Park family. He is truly a gentle giant who loves the company of other elephants as well as his keepers,” says Vanashree Vipin Singh, IFS, chief conservator of forests and executive director of Bannerghatta Biological Park.

“He has gradually habituated to his life here in Bannerghatta and we will continue to give him all the care and love. Special thanks to all his well-wishers from all over the world and PETA for bringing light into Sunder’s life as well as for their continuous support and love.” PETA India’s motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to use for entertainment”, and the group opposes a human-supremacist world view. IANS