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Elephant polo ends in Jaipur, but elephant use & abuse in tourism continue

January 10, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

From Azam Siddiqui,  New Delhi,  India: I have immense joy in sharing the news that elephant polo organizers have pledged not to hold elephant polo matches in the state of Rajasthan, India. Reported Rachna Singh for the Times of India on January 9, 2015, “Tour operators are now informing the foreign agents not to book […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Elephants, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Middle Left, India, Indian subcontinent, Letters, Opinions & Letters, Other entertainment topics, Wildlife, Working animals Tagged With: Amber Fort, Azam Siddiqui, Christine Townend, elephant polo, Help In Suffering, Jaipur, Mark Shand

Elephant Family founder Mark Shand, 62

April 26, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

            Mark Shand, 62, died on April 23, 2014 from a head injury suffered in a fall when he reportedly tried to re-enter a New York City bar through a revolving door, after smoking a cigarette outside. Shand,  the younger brother of British Prince Charles’ wife Camilla Parker Bowles, was author of the 1992 British […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Elephants, India, Indian subcontinent, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Organizations, Wildlife Tagged With: Help In Suffering, Mark Shand, Merritt Clifton, Parbati Barua

Camel Rescue Centre in India is world’s first

April 7, 2011 By Merritt Clifton

  JAIPUR,  India–Help In Suffering on March 13,  2011 opened a new Camel Rescue Centre at Bassi,  on the outskirts of Jaipur––apparently the first facility built specifically to help camels in humane movement history,  and only the second dedicated camel hospital in the world. The first was the Dubai Camel Hospital,  opened in 1990 by Sheikh Hamdan […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Food & agriculture, India, Indian subcontinent, Working animals Tagged With: Camels, Help In Suffering, Jaipur, Merritt Clifton

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