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	'''Suparna Baksi Ganguly''' is an ~~[[India]]n~~ 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.		'''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.

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'''Suparna Baksi Ganguly''' is an [[India]]n 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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-03-09|title=President Pranab Mukherjee presented 2015 Nari Shakti awards|url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/president-pranab-mukherjee-presented-2015-nari-shakti-awards-1457494302-1|access-date=2020-07-07|website=Jagranjosh.com}}</ref>

In 1999<ref>{{Cite web|title=Board of Trustees|url=https://helpanimalsindia.org/about/board|access-date=2020-07-07|website=helpanimalsindia.org|language=en-US}}</ref> she co-founded the ''Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center'' (WRRC) and became its honorary president.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2016-09-29|title=Optimism As Fate Of India's Captive Elephants Hangs In Balance|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/sangita-iyer/india-captive-elephants_b_12240136.html|access-date=2020-07-07|website=HuffPost Canada|language=en}}</ref>

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. Ganguly notes that elephants have a special place in the affection of the people of India.<ref name=natgeog>{{Cite web|date=2013-08-01|title=Painted Elephants|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2013/08/painted-elephants/|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Magazine|language=en}}</ref>

In March 2016 Ganguly went to New Delhi where she was awarded the highest award for women in India, the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]]. The awards were made by President [[Pranab Mukherjee]] at the presidential palace ([[Rashtrapati Bhavan|Rashtrapati Bhav).]] The ministry for Women and Child Development had organised the event and the WCD Minister [[Maneka Gandhi]] was present and she identified every winner as the "Woman Power" award as an inspiration.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mar 8|first=Himanshi Dhawan {{!}}|last2=2016|last3=Ist|first3=21:59|title=Nari Shakti awards for women achievers {{!}} Delhi News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Nari-Shakti-awards-for-women-achievers/articleshow/51316364.cms|access-date=2020-07-07|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

In 2016 the WRRC petitioned India's Supreme Court to rule that keeping elephants captive was illegal.<ref name=":0" />

In 2019 she was commenting when the traditional Rajasthan festival where elephants are painted to take part in competitions to judge the best one. The festival was shut down. Photographs of the painted evidence had caused an outcry by animal rights activists. Some defended the painting on the grounds that it was a tradition, but she replied that animal rights was more important than tradition.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Czy one są szczęśliwe? Malowanie i przystrajanie słoni to tradycja festiwalu w Radżastanie [GALERIA]|url=https://www.national-geographic.pl/traveler/artykul/malowane-slonie|access-date=2020-11-20|website=www.national-geographic.pl|language=pl-PL}}</ref>

== References ==
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