‘It’s our duty to protect, conserve elephants’

SALEM

: Eco club at the Central Law College here organised an event on Tuesday to mark the International Elephant Day.

Principal Begum Fatima welcomed the gathering. College secretary D Saravanan, who presided over the function, said the event was organised to create awareness on protecting

elephants

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Joint director of Nilgiris forest division Dr N S Manoharan, who was the chief guest, stressed on the need for conservation of elephants. ‘There is a steady decrease in the ratio of male-female elephants. It is our duty to protect and conserve them.” He also talked about the use of elephants in war, various methods to capture them.


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