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more-inThe Kerala Forest Department has launched a probe into the alleged parading of an injured elephant at a temple festival at Kakkanad. Preliminary investigations revealed that the elephant had been given a fitness certificate by a Kochi-based veterinary doctor. ‘No examination’Meanwhile, the department has also approached the Kerala State Veterinary Council against the veterinary doctor who issued the fitness certificate to Kuttisankaran. The letter highlights an incident in which the same doctor issued a fitness certificate to an elephant in Changanassery in January this year, allegedly without physically examining it. “We have now directed the District Assistant Veterinary Officer to examine it again to ascertain how the animal was given a fitness certificate..