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* Sex: Male
Sex: Male
* Species: African Elephant
 
* Date of Birth: 1996
Species: African Elephant
* Place of Birth: Africa
 
* Location of capture: Unknown, Africa
Date of Birth: 1996
* Date of capture: 1998
 
* Age at capture: 2
Place of Birth: Africa
* Captive at: Delhi Zoo, India
 
[[File:Shankar Elephant.jpg|alt=Shankar the elephant at Delhi Zoo, India. Photo: Youth for Animals|thumb|Shankar the elephant at Delhi Zoo, India.]]In 1998, an [[elephant]] aged 2 was captured in Africa and presented as a diplomatic gift to the Minister of State for Environment & Forests, Shri Babu Lal Marandi in India by the High Commissioner of Zimbabwe. Shri Babu Lal Marandi named the young elephant "Shankar".
Location of capture: Unknown, Africa
 
Date of capture: 1998
 
Age at capture: 2
 
Captive at: Delhi Zoo, India[[File:Shankar Elephant.jpg|alt=Shankar the elephant at Delhi Zoo, India. Photo: Youth for Animals|thumb|Shankar the elephant at Delhi Zoo, India.]]In 1998, an [[elephant]] aged 2 was captured in Africa and presented as a diplomatic gift to the Minister of State for Environment & Forests, Shri Babu Lal Marandi in India by the High Commissioner of Zimbabwe. Shri Babu Lal Marandi named the young elephant "Shankar".


Shankar is chained for 17 hours of the day and does not have adequate space to move around when he is let out. He constantly demonstrates stereotypical behaviour like swaying and head-bobbing, a key sign of distress. His aggressive behaviour has necessitated the zoo authorities to permanently close the viewing pathway since he could be a danger to visitors.<ref>[https://youthforanimals.org/?page_id=1260&playlist=394d7e6&video=e07394a Help free Shankar from decades of solitary confinement in the Delhi Zoo] Youth For Animals</ref>  
Shankar is chained for 17 hours of the day and does not have adequate space to move around when he is let out. He constantly demonstrates stereotypical behaviour like swaying and head-bobbing, a key sign of distress. His aggressive behaviour has necessitated the zoo authorities to permanently close the viewing pathway since he could be a danger to visitors.<ref>[https://youthforanimals.org/?page_id=1260&playlist=394d7e6&video=e07394a Help free Shankar from decades of solitary confinement in the Delhi Zoo] Youth For Animals</ref>  

Revision as of 11:21, 7 May 2023

Sex: Male

Species: African Elephant

Date of Birth: 1996

Place of Birth: Africa

Location of capture: Unknown, Africa

Date of capture: 1998

Age at capture: 2

Captive at: Delhi Zoo, India

Shankar the elephant at Delhi Zoo, India. Photo: Youth for Animals
Shankar the elephant at Delhi Zoo, India.

In 1998, an elephant aged 2 was captured in Africa and presented as a diplomatic gift to the Minister of State for Environment & Forests, Shri Babu Lal Marandi in India by the High Commissioner of Zimbabwe. Shri Babu Lal Marandi named the young elephant "Shankar".

Shankar is chained for 17 hours of the day and does not have adequate space to move around when he is let out. He constantly demonstrates stereotypical behaviour like swaying and head-bobbing, a key sign of distress. His aggressive behaviour has necessitated the zoo authorities to permanently close the viewing pathway since he could be a danger to visitors.[1]

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