Entertainment » OtherPosted at: Mar 28 2016 4:01PM PETA sents legal notice to Kerala governmentKochi, Mar 28(UNI): People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has sent a legal notice to the Kerala government through its Indian lawyer calling for a halt to the government order issued on February 26 which gives Kerala's Chief Wildlife Warden an opportunity to allow people to declare 289 captive elephants in the state that are apparently under illegal custody and to issue them with an ownership certificate. PETA India argues that this contradicts the spirit of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, which prohibits the illegal capture, trade and custody of wild animals such as elephants, and the purpose of the interim order of the Supreme Court dated August 18, 2015, a release said here today. In the legal notice, which could be read in its entirety here, PETA – whose motto reads, in part, that "animals are not ours to use for entertainment" – notes that the Indian Supreme Court directed the State of Kerala to take appropriate action against the illegal owners of captive elephants. Instead, via its order on February 26, Kerala acted in favour of illegal owners of elephants.Please log in to get detailed story.Tags: #PETA sents legal notice to Kerala government