i was diving into the not so interesting tv program last night, just by changing channel to channel, something awful just strike me, it cuts into my heart and i really feel the pain of it, so i wake up early today, just to gather some info, and well, if anyone read this, i hope, i don’t know, with just little help, we can really stop animal torturing or cruelty by not buying any of this related product, or not having fun riding an elephant in Thailand.
This issue of world documentary takes place in Thailand, and this kind hearted lady name Lek, following her footstep, i see the tragic truth behind the “elephant festival” in Thailand. I’m not skeptical about the festival, i believe the same issue happens in India or any 3rd world country, i pick Thailand because i love Bangkok, but i just can’t lay my eyes on something as awful as animal torturing!
look at this poor big baby, she just look so sad…
according to an article that i read on web, in India, almost on a daily basis, you can see newspaper reports of elephants going mad and killing its “mahout” (A mahout is a person who drives an elephant.) some think that this happens because elephant is an aggressive animal. the truth is just opposite. elephant is one of the most peaceful animals you can find, then why all these tragedies?
The tragedy is that elephants endure untold torture and hardship. Many mahouts are drunkards and physically abuse elephants all the time. Also elephants are made to stand in a very noisy environment for long periods during religious festivals. What is amazing is the low level of human deaths in all these!
Elephants shouldn’t be made slaves, chained and paraded in religious festivals.
Nonetheless, similar issues happen in Thailand, Approximately 3,800 of the country’s estimated 5,000 endangered Asian elephants are in private hands. Most are used as tourist attractions in elephant camps where they are forced to perform circus tricks and give rides. PETA U.S. has uncovered the horrific torture that is routine in Thailand’s secret “training” camps. Still-nursing baby elephants are literally dragged from their mothers, kicking and screaming. They are immobilized, beaten mercilessly, and gouged with nails for days at a time. These ritualized “training” sessions leave the elephants badly injured, traumatized, or even dead.
i believe if tourist are not interested in watching the elephant tricks, slowly there will be less and less animals being forced and tortured to do some inhumanity tricks, and i don’t think that you’ll be smiling after watching the video that PETA film.
*notes: i sincerely wish if anyone read this, if you happen to visit any of these countries, which still in practice of elephant riding or tricks show, please… don’t participate. i believe our little move will eventually help these poor big fellows out there.
