Villagers in a pilgrimage town in India have knit warm, massive-sized jumpers for elephants to protect them from severe cold wave that has hit all parts of the northern country.
According to Kartick Satyanarayan, founder of the centre, it’s very important to take care of these elephants as they were abused and are more susceptible to illness.
“It is important to keep our elephants protected from the bitter cold during this extreme winter, as they are weak and vulnerable having suffered so much abuse making them susceptible to ailments such as pneumonia,” she told the Times of India.
“The cold also aggravates their arthritis which is a common issue that our rescued elephants have to deal with.”
According to Logical Indian, these jumpers are knitted by women from a community called Kalandar community that earlier tamed wild bears and forced them to perform in front of people for their livelihood. Wildlife SOS eradicated that practice and to rehabilitate those families taught them alternative ways of livelihood like knitting.