Recently, the World Association for the Protection of Animals has exposed a set of video of domesticated elephants in the Thai tourism industry, which has truly revealed the whole process of domesticated elephants. At present, there are about 2,800 captive elephants in Thailand, and the training time is usually several days or more than a week. During this period, the elephants will be locked up with iron chains or locked in small cages, and they will not be able to socialize with their peers. Baby elephants need to learn techniques such as hula hoop, dance, and painting. If they fail, they will be punished, and some baby elephants will have lifelong scars on their foreheads and bodies. Elephant husbands use elephant hooks or other tools to force elephants to obey, allowing them to provide rides, bathing and other performances for tourists. At present, more than 250 tourism companies worldwide have promised to remove wildlife entertainment products such as elephant riding and performances. The World Association for the Protection of Animals believes that the harm caused by the tourism and entertainment industry to wild animals should be given more attention. Thailand’s tourism industry should comprehensively prohibit the breeding of elephants in captivity, end the exploitation of wild animals, and keep wild animals in nature.
(Reporter Lang Jiahui video source: World Animal Protection Association)
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