#elephantslavery

[respectanimalrights]

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Via @goddsandmonsters HOW TERRIFIED THESE MAGNIFICENT ELEPHANTS MUST BE TO ALL THE LOUD NOISE FROM THE FIREWORKS, MUSIC AND SCREAMING PEOPLE. THE LOOK IN THIS ELEPHANTS EYES IS HAUNTING. CAPTIVE ELEPHANTS IN INDIA SPEND THEIR ENTIRE LIVES CHAINED. THEY ARE BEATEN DAILY, DENIED ACCESS TO PROPER FOODS, ENOUGH WATER, REST AND EVEN SHADE FROM THE SUN. MOST ARE PARTIALLY BUT PURPOSELY BLINDED AND EVEN IN LAME CONDITIONS ARE THEY SHOWN MERCY A DAY IN THEIR LIVES. THERE ARE OVER 500 JUST LIKE THESE ELEPHANTS SUFFERING FOR TEMPLE AND FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES IN INDIA ALL IN THE NAME OF “RELIGION” THE GOVERNMENT IS WELL AWARE OF THE TORTURE THE ELEPHANTS ARE FORCED TO ENDURE DAILY AND THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO TURN A BLIND EYE!! THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RELIGION AND EVERYTHING TO DO WITH IGNORANCE AND GREED. YOU WORSHIP THE VERY THING YOU TORTURE DAILY!! STOP THIS CRUELTY WHICH IS BEYOND SICKENING. ITS HEARTBREAKING TO THINK THAT HUMANS CAN BE SO INHUMANE. TO THE FORGOTTEN ELEPHANTS OF INDIA, I WILL NEVER STOP BEING YOUR VOICE. 🔄🔄🔄 @the_elephant_lover83 #elephantslavery #elephant#vegan#vegans#templeelephant #saveelephants #animalrights #letlive #india #kerala #elephantabuse #savewildlife #phajann #animalabusers #animalabuse#gentlegiants https://www.instagram.com/p/B2hq-wzIbrq/?igshid=17b4hn22gl2vb

[respectanimalrights]

Via @animalrights_awareness @Regran_ed from @jay_nicole_83 - The elephant looks adorable, but elephants are not naturally inclined to hang out on the beach. As part of the widespread elephant tourism industry that persists in certain parts of Asia, baby elephants are often forced to go into the sea for the amusement of tourists. A nail is typically pierced into the baby elephant’s ear, urging them to move into the salt water. From the perspective of the tourists, it looks as though the elephant is being guided into the sea, but they are in fact being stabbed into submission. A beach environment is unsuitable for elephants, due to a lack of shaded areas. Salt water is also too abrasive for their sensitive skin. In addition, baby elephants who are put to work in this way have been torn away from their mothers at a very early age, and will likely be forced to work in a trekking camp once they are older. This sweet soul may look as though he is having fun, but the truth behind the elephant tourism industry is anything but. “Cute” elephants on social media can be seen painting, swaying to music, frolicking at the beach, or in unexpected places behaving in unexpected ways. Don’t ignore the “elephant in the room!” Chances are very high the elephants were under duress, in a state of great depression, or shown purely for the amusement of tourists to earn the trainer money. Fact check the behavior and the source of the image. This is NOT about the elephant’s “joy.” Baby elephants belong with their mother’s not entertaining humans. Whenever videos or pictures of wild animals in unnatural situations are shared, it should always be accompanied by a critical analysis of why they are harmful to the animals involved. In this way, they can be used as educational tools, helping others to recognize harmful pictures (and speak out against them) whenever they see them in future. #elephantslavery #elephantpainting #elephantride #dontrideelephants #babyelephants #elephantmassage #elephanttricks #elephantselfie #captivitykills https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo9NPbZh4Zw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mv5hc4uy2831

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Taken from their families in the wild, shackled, beaten, whipped and exploited like slaves, these elephants – ironically India’s icons – are painted and dressed in colourful decorations, to be paraded in regular festivals and processions organised by religious temples.They are the world’s forgotten elephant victims of mankind. While the world has focused on the threat of extinction to Africa’s elephants caused by the ivory poaching crisis and the cruelty of tourist elephant rides in Thailand and Cambodia, the plight of their captive counterparts in India has remained largely hidden from public gaze. Photographs and videos posted online have shown how, away from the glitz of the festivals, these sensitive, intelligent and naturally sociable creatures are tied to the spot by ropes or chains that eat into their skin and inflict agonising injuries to their legs; they are hit with metal rods or bullhooks – sharp tools – and “trained” with punishments to hold their heads high. When the six-month festival season begins in December, they are forced to walk for miles in searing heat on hot, stinging tar roads and ridden into processions noisy with crowds and fireworks – terrifying for a creature whose home is the forest. While still shackled in chains they are made to run races or carry people, and are subjected to “painful and unnatural” “head-lifting” competitions.Some elephants are carted from one festival to another – in some cases hundreds of miles – and despite suffering sometimes infected wounds from the chains, are ridden in searing temperatures by people who apparently see no harm in what they do. The southern coastal state of Kerala has the highest number of festival elephants, about 500 out of 3,500-4,000 across the country. The plight of the 150 captive elephants in neighbouring #TamilNadu is feared to be just as bad. For all the abuse, injuries and mental torment, it’s not the pain or infections that usually kills them early, it’s “intestinal impactions”: a blocked colon caused by being fed the wrong diet and insufficient quantities of water. The condition means they die “a miserable and painful” early death. #india #elephantslavery #captivitykills @RepostIt (at Kerrville, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnx1rI7ned9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xnwd177s2iu

[animalsneedshelp-blog]

Did you know? Elephants are forcibly made to spend up to 12 hours a day standing on hot concrete blessing people in temples. This is Animal brutality in the name of religion. #templeelephants #festivalelephants #elephantride #dontrideelephants #elephantslavery #stolen #chained #beaten #sold #captivitykills #bullhooks #animalbrutality #savewildlife #Elephants #SaveElephants #GodsInShackles #india #kerala #avoiceforelephants @RepostIt_app (at Kerrville, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnxxYUWH7Y7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6k8oga92u7xp

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Repost By jay_nicole_83: This Elephant Sundari needs #Help it has been said she is at a Vet.Hospital, Tirunelveli( Near Palam Post office),Tamil Nadu.This Elephant have no ownership documents.(Illegal owner -Hassan Moideen and now Peer Muhammad) It has come in illegal from Kerala. This sweet soul is Fully blind with NO teeth, there is No foods..... The elephants Body is fully injured with maggotic wounds. It has been brought to my attention that the Sundari is in fact in the hands of a group of individuals who like to be called The elephant mafia and spend their days torturing these helpless creatures. I need everyone to please share this info and tag anyone you think that can help save this sweet soul. It is times like this when we can all come together and make a difference. This is the harsh reality of captive elephants in India. They’re suffering like this every single of their lives. IT IS TIME FOR CHANGE INDIA THE WORLD IS WATCHING. #india #kerala #elephantslavery #elephantabuse #elephantabusers #captivitykills #captiveelephants #saynotoelephantslavery #endthetorture #blind #beaten #chained #suffering #saynotoelephantslavery #templeelephant #festivalelephant #saveelephants #savewildlife #beavoice #beavoiceforthevoiceless #picoftheday https://www.instagram.com/p/BnTGVsKn7n1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=u36g9wntzf40

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Repost By dawnovthaded: Training the elephant's involve beating them until they no longer have hope in life. Then they are made to live a life of slave labour with our misery so people can make money from them. Don't pay to ride elephants. #Repost @a_life_not_worth_living_ • • • • • #Repost with @Repostlyapp #elephantslavery #elephantrides #tourist #holidays #sun #travel #photography #picoftheday #happytime #stop #facebook #instagram