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Forest dept bars visitors from feeding, taking flash selfies with captive elephants
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Bengaluru: A month after a tourist died in Dubare elephant camp, the Forest Department has come up with a new standard operating procedure (SOP) with 10 non-negotiable safety rules, starting with a ban on visitors touching or feeding elephants.On May 18 a woman tourist was killed when she was accidentally trampled by an elephant during a bathing session. The state government promoted the bathing session as a commercial activity where visitors can scrub an elephant and groom it with oil from clos
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