Regrann from @vox_silentii - Regrann from @silverbird130887 - #Repost @the_black_snow_monkey • • • I am speechless. This needs to stop. #banelephantrides Regrann from @elephant_news_network - #Repost @cristinakitty11 Do you still want to ride an elephant? Do you think they are happy? This is the cold hard facts behind your ride! This is the cold hard facts when you watch an elephant performing. Do you want to see your “Spirit Animal” suffer like this? If not, then please STOP RIDING ELEPHANTS. The elephant will go through this even when you think they are “free” and you choose to bathe or scrub, you choose bare back riding and you have fun on the beach with a baby elephant. It’s all the same, it’s not more humane! It’s hard to watch and hear isn’t it? They are preparing this elephant for your ride! @elephant_news_network #ennwecare ・・・ This heartbreaking video shows the kind of torture that elephants endure just so that people can ride them. Baby elephants are torn away from their mothers and beaten until they comply with the cruel training called Phajaan. The aim of the Phajaan program is to 'break their spirit'. _ Babies will be kept in small crates, their feet will be tied with ropes, their limbs will be stretched, they will be repeatedly beaten with sharp metal and other tools, they will be constantly yelled and screamed at, and they will be starved of food. Bull hooks will be used to stab the head, slash the skin and tug the ears. The Phajaan may last for weeks and they have no rest from physical torture and mental domination. Gradually, their spirits break and their handlers achieve control. _ Tourists’ money drives this cruelty. Never visit elephant camps or take elephant rides, and only visit accredited sanctuaries. Tell friends and family about the realities of the elephant tourism trade, and urge everyone you know to stay away from “attractions” that fuel the industry that trades, tortures, and imprisons elephants. (📽 Save Elephant Foundation) . . . #elephant #elephants #elefante #elefantes #babyanimals #sentientbeings #thailand #travel #travelblog #ethicaltourism #gentlegiants #animals #animales #video #videooftheday #instavideo #animalvideos
