We, the undersigned Members of PREN, respectfully urge the Indian Government to suspend the registration of Elephants in line with the India’s Supreme Court Order and to urgently take stringent actions and enforce the Wildlife Protection Act and India’s Supreme Court Judgements which will improve the protection of the Elephants in Kerala and all Elephants in captivity in India.
Stefania Falcon Co-ordinator of the Pro Elephant Network
Owais Awan Advocate High Court, Islamabad
Dr Brett Bard Veterinarian, South Africa
Dr Jessica Bell Rizzolo Postdoctoral Researcher, the Conservation Criminology Lab, Dep of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University
Janey Clegg Committee Member, SPCA Mutare, Zimbabwe
Professor David Bilchitz Director, South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public and Human Rights and International Law – South Africa
Megan Carr Founder, Rhinos in Africa
Lenin Chisaira Founder, Advocates 4 Earth – Green Law Connect, Zimbabwe
Dr Betsy Coville Exotic / Wildlife Animal Veterinarian
Dr Harvey Croze DPhil (Oxon) Collaborating Researcher – Amboseli Trust for Elephants – Kenya
Nomusa Dube Founder, Zimbabwe Elephant Foundation
David Ebert Advocate, Founder Director of The Animal Defense Partnership – USA
Daniela Freyer Co-Founder, Pro Wildlife, Germany
Michele Franko Captive Elephant Caregiver and Advocate – USA
Chief Stephen Fritz Indigenous Leader, South Peninsula Khoi Council – South Africa
Dr Toni Frohoff Ethologist and Behavioral Biologist, Founder of TerraMar Research
Dr Marion E. Garai Elephant Behaviour Specialist – South Africa
Dr Ross Harvey Environmental Economist, Botswana
Heike Henderson-Altenstein Director, Future for Elephants e.V.
Alok Hisarwala Gupta Animal Rights Lawyer and Researcher, India
Iris Ho Head of Policy – Pan African Sanctuary Alliance (PASA)
Peter Hodgskin Founder, Hands-off Fernkloof, South Africa
Sangita Iyer B.Sc., M.A., Founder of Voice for Asian Elephants Society, Nat Geo Explorer and Wildlife Filmmaker
David Kabambo Founder Director of Peace for Conservation – Wildlife Management – Tanzania
Dr Paula Kahumbu WildlifeDirect, Kenya
Jim Karani Advocate, Lawyers for Animal Protection in Africa – Kenya
Dr Winnie Kiiru Founder, Conservation Kenya
Brigitte Kornetzky President and Founder of Elefanten in Not – Switzerland / India
Professor Bob Jacobs Neuroscience Researcher – Colorado College – USA
Lynne James Independent, Elephant Conservation, Zimbabwe
Kahindi Lekalhaile Africa Network for Animal Welfare, Kenya
Dr Smaragda Louw Director, Ban Animal Trading, South Africa
Giorgio Lombardi Warden Vogelgat Private Nature Reserve, South Africa
Linda Masudze Advocate 4 Earth, Zimbabwe
Varda Mehrotra Co-Founder, Samayu, A Just World – India
Dr Cynthia Moss Director, Amboseli Trust for Elephants, Kenya
Dr Nurzhafarina Binti Othman Founder: Seratu Aatai, Elephant Conservation and Research Coordinator at HUTAN-KOCP – Malaysia
Sharon Pincott Elephant Behavioural Specialist, ex-Hwange, Zimbabwe
Michele Pickover Director, EMS Foundation, South Africa
Bharati Ramachandran CEO of the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations – India
Ian Redmond OBE Founder, African Ele-Fund and Elefriends Campaign, Chairman of Ape Alliance and Co-founder of Rebalance Earth
Dr Jan Schmidt-Burbach Veterinarian, Head of Wildlife Research and Animal Welfare, World Animal Protection International
Ingo Schmidinger Elephant Husbandry – Co-Founder iScapes
Dr DJ Schubert Wildlife Biologist, Animal Welfare Institute – USA
Dr Liz Tyson Animal Welfare Law, Programs Director – Born Free USA
Antoinette Van de Water Director, Bring the Elephant Home, South Africa
Vasanthi Vadi Trustee of the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations – India
Prof Dan Wylie Rhodes University, South Africa
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