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Do you know how elephants learn to shake hands, draw, and even guard doors? Do you know why a few dozen bucks can get you to ride on their backs? The story behind this will make your heart ache like a knife. But please, you must know.
The brutal truth behind animal shows
In Thailand, the process of taming an elephant is known as "complete cut-off." The word derives from the ancient mahout taming tradition in Southeast Asia, meaning to allow elephants to accept humans sitting on their backs. This seemingly simple task hides endless cruelty.
From infancy, elephants are kept in tiny cages, tortured by whipping, knife cuts, and high-voltage electric rods to create fear and force them to obey humans. The elephants' feet are tied and their freedom is deprived. In the process, countless elephants died of starvation or suffocation, and those who survived were also deeply traumatized.
Elephants live an average of 70 years, their memory far exceeds that of humans, and they have a deep emotional bond. They will fall into deep grief because of the death of their companions, and the pain of those taming processes will be deeply imprinted in their minds. Therefore, those seemingly docile performances are actually an outward manifestation of the elephants' fear and pain.
And those actions, such as drawing, shaking hands, and guarding the door, are not motivated by the pleasure of elephants, but by fear of humans. Elephants have thick skin but are sensitive to mosquito bites. They are strong, but they can't carry the weight of a heavy iron chair and two adults for long. Many people don't know the truth behind this, so they are willing to pay for this "fun" experience.
Our responsibility
Knowing this, we can no longer be such cruel bystanders. If we can't help them directly, at least we can choose not to be accomplices in harming them. Refusal to ride an elephant, refusal to watch an animal show, no harm without buying and selling.
The boycott does not mean cutting off humans from animals or eradicating Thailand's elephant culture, but finding a more humane alternative to this inhumane tourism industry.
Find a solution
Fortunately, elephant sanctuaries are already being established in Thailand. Here, elephants can be freed and no longer be slaves to humans. And tourists can become friends with elephants, replacing exploitation and abuse with love, which is the true way for humans and animals to live in harmony.
Refuse animal performance, starting with you and me.
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