'That cruelty is intentional': Elephants mistreated in Thai tourism trade, new footage shows

Previously unseen footage of baby elephants being wrenched from their mothers and poked with sharp objects has been released by World Animal Protection.Baby elephants are put through a "crushing" process for rides or entertainmentThe footage, shot in Thailand, shows elephants chained up and being trained to perform tricks, like walking on their hind legs, spinning a hula hoop with their trunks or painting on a canvas.

"In the case of the videos that we're seeing here … after only a couple of years, the baby is essentially snatched from the mother who never sees it again," he told the ABC. "We know in the case of one of those elephants, this has happened to her four times. The impact is just immense trauma."He said while many tourists to South-East Asia had become aware of the harms of elephant riding, the same practises, known as "crushing", were involved behind the scenes in elephant bathing and other close interactions with humans.

World Animal Protection said the footage was shot in an elephant training camp in Thailand between 2018 and 2020, and said some elephants were sent to larger tourist areas like Chiang Mai or Phuket for activities like rides, shows or elephant washing.

Source: Holiday News (holidaynews.net)

When travel is allowed put Thailand at the bottom of places to visit and then their tourist board will soon put a stop to this.

I couldn't sleep all last night after seeing this. The grief for all living things. The strength of the mother elephant trying to get the people taking away her baby to UNDERSTAND the wrong they were doing. Awful. And it happens all the time.

QueenOfJewelz 😞😞😞😞😞

They dont know any better. They need Monty Roberts to turn up and show them a better way.

Yeah but lollies hurt my feelings

That poor little Elephant. The laws need to be changed to stop idiot tourists having anything to do with Elephants.

Absolutely DISGUSTING...THIS HAS TO STOP NOW!!!

heartbreaking

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