Third victory of OIPA in India and PFA Haryana on elephants: Despite a ban on elephant trading, jumbos can be bought

and sold in Haryana thanks to loopholes in the state's Village Cattle Fair Act (1970). The act, amended twice, continues to have elephants on its list of tradable animals at rural cattle fairs. The state act violates the Wildlife Protection Act (1972) that puts elephants in the protected category scheduled one and bars their domestication. The definition of tradable cattle in Haryana includes buffaloes, camels, cows, donkeys, elephants, horses and mules. Elephant became national heritage animal of India, Indian representative of United Nation affiliated OIPA Naresh Kadyan approach the Ministry of Environment and Forest to introduce legislation and then moved public interest litigation before the Delhi High Court to include elephant in the Emblem and Names (Prevention of improper use) Act, 1950; like wise Abhishek Kadyan, Hon. Animal Welfare Officer, AWBI taken up this matter with the Ministry of Home Affairs, where as Miss Sukanya Kadyan moved this matter before the Election Commission of India to freeze the symbol of Bahujan Samaj Party. Miss Sukanya Kadyan, Hon. Animal Welfare Officer, AWBI taken up the matter of amendment in the Haryana Cattle Fairs Act, 1970 definition because it allow the trade of jumbo in Haryana, which is illegal, after a long battle of three years, at last Haryana Legislative Assembly agreed to amend the said legislation, elephant word deleted approving Haryana Cattle Fair Bill, 2013 on September 10, 2013. Elephant can not handle with iron ankush now because Naresh Kadyan, Chairman, People for Animals (PFA) Haryana moved public interest litigation before the Rajasthan High Court (Jaipur Bench) and got ban order, like wise elephant ivory products manufacturing and trading was allowed under the Prime Minister Employment Generation Programme of Khadi and Village Industries Commission scheme for financing up to twenty five lacs with margin money subsidy, this matter was also taken up with the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (Ministry of Environment and Forest) by the Abhishek Kadyan and Miss Sukanya Kadyan jointly, notice was issued to KVIC by WCCB and at last KVIC was compelled to amend

its negative list, now all ban articles are covered under the negative list of KVIC. Elisa Norelli, IRO - International Relation Office, OIPA International Campaigns Director appreciated the performances of OIPA chapter in India under the able leadership of Naresh Kadyan.