The Hindu
NEW DELHI, INDIA, November 18, 2003: The Centre today asked the Tamil Nadu Government to suspend transportation of elephants, belonging to temples, mutts and the Forest department, to the rejuvenation camp in the Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary until the matter was reviewed by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. The Centre’s action comes in the wake of media reports of physical torture being meted out to a large number of elephants during transport.