Sundar is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Bannerghatta Biological Park Zoo, in India.
Sundar arrived in 2014-06-05 to the Bannerghatta Biological Park Zoo, relocated from the Jyotiba temple, in India.
Sundar was born wild 1999?.
2014-01-28: An affidavit filed by Rajaram Mane, president of the temple trust, denied that Sunder was chained at the temple and the Mahout used a spiked chain and oral administration of tobacco to control him. "It is incorrect to state that Sunder was denied adequate food, sufficient water and daily walks. The elephant was never controlled by beating or prodded and gouged in sensitive areas behind knees and Ears with ankush," the affidavit said. The management committee of the temple, by a resolution passed on December 26, 2013, gifted Sunder to Warna Sahakari Dudh Utpadan Society. Accordingly, it has been shifted to the company premises where it walks in open air, said the affidavit. http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/elephant-sunder-was-not-tortured-temple-trust-tells-hc-114012801257_1.html 2017-07-27: 27-year-old Abhilash was killed by elephant Sundar after he entered the park illegally, after consuming alcohol, and tried to click a selfie with the Sundar.
An affidavit filed by Rajaram Mane, president of the temple trust, denied that Sunder was chained at the temple and the Mahout used a spiked chain and oral administration of tobacco to control him. "It is incorrect to state that Sunder was denied adequate food, sufficient water and daily walks. The elephant was never controlled by beating or prodded and gouged in sensitive areas behind knees and Ears with ankush," the affidavit said. The management committee of the temple, by a resolution passed on December 26, 2013, gifted Sunder to Warna Sahakari Dudh Utpadan Society. Accordingly, it has been shifted to the company premises where it walks in open air, said the affidavit.
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