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    The Hindu
    April 29, 2005

    GOVERNOR'S INITIATIVE SAVED ELEPHANT CALF

    Special Correspondent


    Although it was the intervention of the Prime Minister, Manmohan
    Singh, which in the ultimate saved the young she-elephant Veda of the
    Bannerghatta National Park near here from being trans-located to the
    cold and unfamiliar climes of Armenia, the Governor, T.N. Chaturvedi,
    too had a role in it.

    Reacting to a report from New Delhi in The Hindu of Thursday about
    the decision against gifting the elephant to Armenia, the Raj Bhavan
    here noted that Compassion Unlimited Plus Action had represented to
    the Governor opposing the Centre's decision to transfer the elephant
    to the Yerevan Zoo in Armenia as the "elephant calf cannot withstand
    the extreme cold climate of Armenia and it may prove fatal for it".

    Mr. Chaturvedi wrote to the Prime Minister about the decision. Ten
    days later, the Prime Minister replied saying: "I have received your
    letter of April 11, 2005. My Government has examined the issue and it
    has been decided not to send Veda to Armenia".
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