(1) For taking care of each elephant, the owner thereof shall engage a Mahout and a Cavady having atleast three years experience in managing an elephant. The recruitment of Mahout and Cavady should be as per the guidelines of the Chief Wildlife Warden.
(2) The experience of the mahout and a cavady shall be certified by the officer authorised for the purpose by the Chief Wildlife Warden.
(3) Every mahout shall attend training programme in elephant care as and when called for by the Department and it shall be the responsibility of the owner to facilitate the above training by relieving the mahout after making suitable arrangements.
(4) The mahout and cavady should be kept in-charge of the same elephant during its life span except when the mahout and cavady are under inebriated condition or in prolonged illness or affected with any contagious diseases.
(5) The owner of the elephant, mahout and cavady should compulsorily follow the guidelines of do's and don'ts at Annexure-I.
(6) All the mahouts and cavadies shall be sent for compulsory training provided by the Forest Department at Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur. The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department or temple authority or elephant owner has to bear the training cost fixed by the Forest Department.
(7) The owner should ensure that the mahout and cavady are not alcoholic.