"The Central Zoo Authority in its Meeting Held on 25th August,1994 has recommended that Zoos should provide moated cubicles/night shelters for every individual Elephant so that it is not necessary to keep the Elephants chained most part if the
day. No Elephant except male Elephant in "Muths" should be chained. Till the appropriate housing arrangements are not
there, all the zoos should use leather belts under the chain or any other protective device so that the Elephants do not get injured as a result of being chained for long
duration. Even if it is necessary to keep some elephants chained particularly those used for joy
rides, it should be ensured that the chains do not have any spikes and are loose enough to allow elephants some movement.
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