Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday wrote to Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai searching for his intervention for offering well timed remedy to a “severely injured” elephant calf on the Nagarhole Tiger Reserve. He stated he got here throughout the injured calf throughout his go to to the Reserve, alongside together with his mom and Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
“The Congress President and I briefly visited Nagarhole Tiger Reserve the place we occurred to come back throughout the painful sight of an injured child elephant, with its mom. The little calf has a severely injured tail and trunk, and is combating for its life,” Rahul Gandhi stated in a letter to Bommai.
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Noting that he understands and appreciates that there’s a view that nature should be allowed to take its personal course, he stated, “Nonetheless, within the case of endangered and iconic species, exceptions are sometimes made relying on the severity of the scenario. The aforementioned calf is undoubtedly in want of pressing medical care.”
“Due to this fact, I wished to cross political boundaries and attraction to your sense of compassion to intervene and save the little elephant. I’m assured that it’ll survive if given correct remedy. I hope you’ll lengthen well timed help to avoid wasting the enduring little elephant,” he added within the letter.
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Rahul Gandhi has even tweeted the image of the calf with its mom. “A mom’s love. I felt so unhappy to see this stunning elephant together with her injured little child combating for its life,” his tweet learn.
Nagarahole, unfold over Mysuru and Kodagu is overlaying an space of 847.981 Sq km. Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, who’re within the state for the occasion’s ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra, which is at present on a two-day break for Ayudha Puja and Vijayadashami (Tuesday and Wednesday), are tenting at a non-public resort in Kabini backwaters at H D Kote taluk within the Mysuru district.
They are going to be taking part within the march on Thursday morning when it resumes at Bellale in Pandavapura Taluk in Mandya District.