“Tourism department in Jaipur is building a natural park-like shelter with extensive plantation and well-equipped veterinary hospital, for the elephants that ferry tourists in the pink city.” - Newstrack India

Jaipur-based wild life lawyer Mahendra Singh Kachhawa argued in Judicial Magistrate First Class Court -3 (JMFC) on Tuesday that under the Wildlife Protection Act, sale and purchase of animals under schedule I is illegal. Elephants fall under schedule I according to the Act. ?Thus, even if the documents showing the sale of elephant Poornima are valid, the sale is illegal and the elephant becomes the property of the government,? said Kachhawa in his argument. As such, the government would have to make provisions to house the elephant, he said. - PUNE Newsline

“As northern region reels under intense heat, elephants in Amer village on the outskirts of Jaipur are hit hard. ” - Daily India

“Elephants will have a new address in Jaipur - a village exclusively for them is being developed on the city’s outskirts. ” - andhracafe.com

“Elephants will have a new address in Jaipur - a village exclusively for them is being developed on the city’s outskirts.
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“Which isn’t surprising, as a healthy female elephant (which Jaipur mahouts prefer, for they’re supposedly more docile) could cost more than a new Maruti van, he said. That’s why he was constantly on the lookout for animals going cheap.” - rediff

“A male pachyderm in ‘masth’ today went berserk after seeing a she elephant, injuring her, damaging roadside tinsheds and halting traffic near Ghat-ki- Balaji temple here until it was tranquilised by zoo officials.” - The Hindu

“ajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, who is on a 15-day tour of Britain and the US, has promised to take good care of elephants in the proposed ?Hathi Gaon? or elephant village at Amber in Jaipur.” - India News

“It was a special Holi in Jaipur with the Pink City celebrating the festival of colours through a unique Elephant Festival.” - NDTV.com

“Elephants and their keepers in the northern Indian city of Jaipur are to have a new home soon in a “hathi gaon”, a village exclusively for the pachyderms, it was reported.” - IOL

“However, despite their overwhelming popularity, the state was found wanting in tending to the medical needs of these genial giants. And so to help fill this void, a mobile clinic for elephants has been started at Jaipur to provide the Jumbos with the uptodate medical care and attention so as to keep them fit and healthy.” - Sify.com