India, May 14 -- Vehicle carrying cow elephant Pratima and her calf had been stopped in Assam en route to the Reliance Zoo in Jamnagar, as reported by DTE

A wildlife activist from Assam has expressed grave concerns about the lack of transparency of a Supreme Court-appointed High Powered Committee (HPC) in allowing movements of elephants from Northeast India to Vantara, the zoo owned by the Reliance Group in Jamnagar Gujarat. The activist has based his observations on Down to Earth ( DTE) 's recent exclusive story regarding the transfer of a cow elephant and her calf from Tripura to Vantara.

DTE had reported on May 5 about the injured and abused cow elephant, named Pratima, and her calf being detained in Assam by the state forest departm...