Fears for elephants facing 1,900 mile train journey in India.

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▼ Animal rights activists in India have criticised a plan by the Assam state government to send four elephants on a perilous train journey of more than 3,100km (1,926 miles) to participate in a temple ritual. They say the long journey could be dangerous for the animals and may even kill them, writes the BBC's Geeta Pandey in Delhi.
The elephants are to be moved from Tinsukia town in the north-eastern state of Assam to the extreme west of the country - Ahmedabad city in Gujarat state.
Reports say the railway authorities in Assam, who have been asked to make travel arrangements for the elephants, are looking for a coach to transport them.
No date is set for their departure yet, but they are expected to reach Ahmedabad before 4 July to participate in the annual Rath Yatra (chariot procession) at the Jagannath temple. The train journey is expected to take three to four days.
In previous years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who hails from Gujarat, has participated in the festival and the elephant procession, although temple officials say he's not expected to attend this year.
Temple trustee Mahendra Jha told BBC Gujarati that they decided to "borrow" the animals from Assam "for two months" because three of their own elephants died from old age last year.
But activists and conservationists say the plan to move the elephants is "cruel and completely inhuman",  (▪ ▪ ▪)

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Rhett_Bassard

Activists and conservationists appear to have a limited view of "cruel and completely inhuman"...

pvk_udt

It is a very sad state of affairs. Transporting these gentle giants on such a long and tedious journey is not acceptable. They need to be given the importance and care that they deserve

asr335704

We should take care of elephants. They are very gentle animals and we should not make them go through such tough situations.

Elephants need large area with good water source. That's why they roam around different part of the Jungle in search of water source and enough food.