For saving Bholu the elephant
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24/10/2008
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Hindu (New Delhi)
Members of PETA recreate a scene outside Rail Bhawan in New Delhi to highlight how elephants are killed in rail accidents.
Expressing concern over elephants being killed in train accidents across the country, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Thursday used a dummy elephant to recreate a fatal train accident in front of Rail Bhavan in the Capital to draw attention of the authorities towards the problem.
According to Sachin Bangera of PETA, on the eve of the 150th anniversary of the founding of Indian Railways, then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajapyee was presented the new railways mascot