Mandya: Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi, who is also chairperson of ‘People for Animals’ (PFA), has reportedly expressed displeasure over Karnataka Forest Department’s treatment of the critically injured wild elephant Sidda.
Sources in the Forest Department said that Maneka Gandhi called up senior officials and gathered information about the 50-year-old tusker which is lying wounded near Manchanabele dam on the outskirts of Bengaluru. The Union minister has sought proper medical care and attention for the elephant as well as asked the Forest Department to take constructive and effective measures to save the jumbo.
PFA will verify and monitor the efforts initiated by the Karnataka Forest Department, animal rights’ activist Manish Mukherji said.
Forest officials said Sidda had shown slight improvement on Friday, but was still critical.
