Suparna Baksi Ganguly
Indian activist for elephants
Suparna Baksi Ganguly is an Indian activist concerned with the treatment of animals and in particular elephants that are held captive. She was given the highest award for women in India, the Nari Shakti Puraskar in 2016.
Life
In 1991 she was one of the founders of the Compassion Unlimited Plus Action (CUPA), founded in Bengaluru (Bangalore). She became a trustee and CUPA's secretary. That organisation was operating four centres that rescue and rehabilitate monkeys, snakes, birds and other wildlife.
In 1999 she co-founded the Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center (WRRC) and became its honorary president.
Ganguly had served on India's Task Force on Elephants in 2013. Elephants are under threat in India, but they are more common in India. However Ganguly notes that this includes about 4,000 animals who are held in captivity and "almost all" have been illegally trafficked. Many are involved in entertaining tourists where elephants take part in tugs of war, football matches or are painted.
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