Why are Arunachal elephants being sent to a temple trust Gujarat?
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Guwahati: Pachyderms continue to be shipped to the Ambani-run trust facility in Jamnagar, Gujarat from Arunachal Pradesh despite concerns of habitat displacement.

During the wee hours of Tuesday, a group of volunteers from the All Adi Students Union (ADISU) stopped ten trucks carrying ten elephants in Pasighat.

Around 100 ADISU cadres stopped these trucks led by two SUVs, suspecting an illegal wildlife trade initially. Later, it emerged that these elephants were being taken from Chowkham in the Namsai district of Arunachal Pradesh to Jamnagar in Gujarat to a facility owned by a temple trust linked to Reliance group’s Mukesh Ambani.

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