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India : Elephant and Cow - ketchim - 09-14-2012

Authorities in India are being presented with an massive task :

managing the weight of obese elephants kept in temples...... ::redcard::               

Re: India : Elephant and Cow - ketchim - 09-14-2012

Whole new meaning of the term Fat Cat  ::lol::

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Re: India : Elephant and Cow - ketchim - 09-14-2012

In parts of India, elephants are kept in temples for religious reasons -

taking part in ceremonies and festivals..... :lipsrsealed:

Re: India : Elephant and Cow - ketchim - 09-14-2012

Almost all the elephants kept in temples :

have been found to be obese  !!

Re: India : Elephant and Cow - ketchim - 09-14-2012

"The female temple elephant - 15 year-old Parvathi - 

is overweight by 500kg and efforts are on to reduce her  ".... ::rofl::

Re: India : Elephant and Cow - ketchim - 09-14-2012

In the Kallazagar Temple weighs 700kg more than the optimum for its age -

48-year-old female elephant -Madhuravalli.  ::redcard::

Re: India : Elephant and Cow - ketchim - 09-14-2012

The experts also point out that the elephants in the wilderness are never exposed to

foods such as :

rice, millets, salt and jaggery (an unrefined sugar set into blocks).  ::redface::

Re: India : Elephant and Cow - ketchim - 09-14-2012

Elephants eat up to 200 different varieties of food in the jungle :

including fruits, flowers, roots and branches  Cool

Re: India : Elephant and Cow - Captain - 09-14-2012

I tought fruits and vege were diet food

Re: India : Elephant and Cow - Kwami - 09-15-2012

[quote author=ketchim link=topic=71175.msg441507#msg441507 date=1347649192]
Almost all the elephants kept in temples :

have been found to be obese  !!
[/quote] goes to show that there is no starvation in India