You think they tame and train elephants with treats and appraisal??
Let me give you a wake up call.
They torture the elephant so hard, sometimes to death, and if their body survive, their soul dies, all of the elephants willpower is gone forever.
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From the article:
Ever wondered what we really do to our captive elephants? What is the real story behind those chains and shackles, those majestic caparisoned giants who stand with harnesses and ropes all over them, including on the most sensitive parts of their body?
It is common knowledge that many jumbos die a 'mystery' death in Kerala.
One of the most gruesome reasons is a process called 'ketti azhikkal', in which the elephants, just emerging from the months-long 'musth' period, when their testosterone levels shoot up by over 60%, are tortured.
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โWatch the video (see link with article and video)
to see how we kill our captive elephants
Reports say that multiple mahouts or even goons join up, get drunk and torture the chained animal with rods, sticks and hooks.
In several cases, such elephants, tied and tortured ruthlessly, die. Others live a miserable life or die of tuberculosis, septicemia, infections, foot-and-mouth diseases and other medical reasons including digestive issues caused by impaction.
What is important is that we are still engaged in a feudal obsession with the pachyderm and we cannot give up the Rs 200-crore economy that revolves around them.
The animal, whose capture and transfer of ownership is regulated in the country, fetches a jackpot during festivals.
Reports say that elephants are leased for 99 years at a cost of Rs 1 crore. Depending upon the 'value,' judged on the grandeur of the animal, he could fetch anything between a few thousands to lakhs for a single day's work.
Article with video here:
https://t.co/AkYj67lMId
Your trolley is helping fund an extinction crisis.
Palm oil is in countless everyday products, from Nutella and biscuits to chocolate, instant noodles, soap and cosmetics. Forests are cleared and deliberately burned to make way for plantations, destroying habitats and leaving wildlife with nowhere to go.
Orangutans โข Sumatran elephants โข Bornean pygmy elephants โข Tigers โข Sumatran rhinos โข Sun bears โข Gibbons โข Proboscis monkeys โข Pangolins โข Hornbills โข Clouded leopards โข Malayan tapirs โข Slow lorises โข Leopard cats โข Tarsiers โข Flying squirrels โข Civets โข Frogs โข Reptiles and insects to name but a few.
The IUCN says at least 193 threatened species are affected by palm oil production.
Every palm oil purchase has a body count. Read the ingredients. Stop the funding.
This Sudanese refugee refuses UAE aid because they killed her two brothers & says eating their food would be like eating her own brothers. In the middle of the worldโs worst humanitarian crisis, she still refuses it. And people think asking them not to visit the UAE is too much.
This is hardly any different from 19th century British Lords and generals discussing what to do about Sudan, India, or Africa. Every word is predicated on the assumption that it's a westerner's right to talk like this.