Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 29 (ANI): People for Cattle in India (PFCI) has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) before the Madras High Court seeking to halt the proposed transfer of a baby elephant from Uttarakhand to a Nellaiappar temple in Tirunelveli , Tamil Nadu.

The PIL was admitted today before the Chief Justice. The Court directed that notices be served to the Forest Departments, the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department, and the Central Government.

This action follows reports of plans to move a wild baby elephant into temple captivity. The temple in question had earlier housed elephant Gandhimathi, who died earlier this year after prolonged illness, highlighting serious welfare lapses in captive-elephant management.

PFCI has offered t

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