Forest officials in Telangana have opened a wildlife-law case after a caged state bird was shown to a festival crowd and then released, in a Dussehra custom that activists say breaks wildlife law.
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The last four of five young elephants sent from Assam to temples in Tamil Nadu this month reached their new homes late last week, completing a transfer the Gauhati High Court declined to stop but has asked Assam to account for, in a detailed affidavit on the animals’ welfare, before it hears the case again on 15 October.