In a bold move towards animal welfare, the Irinjadappilly Sree Krishna Temple in Kerala has replaced the traditional use of ...

A temple in Kerala, India, will use a lifesize elephant robot for rituals that traditionally involve the real deal. Elephants are one of the planet's most revered animals. But that does not mean ...

The death of Guruvayur Gokul, a famed temple elephant, prompts calls for external investigation into alleged cruelty and ...

A robotic elephant was donated to an Indian temple to replace having a wild creature living in captivity. PETA India donated the elephant named Irinjadappilly Raman, to the Sree Krishna Temple in ...

A temple in India is using a life-sized electronic elephant as a stand-in for their rituals. The robot, which is called "Irinjadappilly Raman," will be replacing the typical live elephant used in many ...

A temple in India's southern state of Kerala has replaced an elephant with a life-sized mechanical robot to help devotees conduct rituals in a “cruelty-free” manner. The Irinjadappilly Sri Krishna ...

Kerala has some 600 captive elephants, the vast majority males. Iyer says these animals are shackled, tortured, beaten, or starved on a daily basis. Between 2012 and 2015, 175 died and this year eight ...

Cricketer KL Rahul and animal rights group PETA India on Sunday donated a life-size mechanical elephant to a temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu in central Kerala. The symbolic elephant, named ...

CHENNAI, (IANS) – Voices for Asian Elephants, a non-governmental organization has handed over a robotic elephant to a Shiva temple in Devarshola, Gudalur, in Tamil Nadu. The NGO handed over the ...

On June 27, the Jagannath Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad, drawing some 1.5 million devotees every year, descended into chaos when three elephants, integral to the annual ceremonial procession, ran amok in ...