The reason why DON'T RIDE on the ELEPHANT 1. When they’re babies, elephants are taken from their mothers and families in the wild. Because they have a high sale value, not only are babies illegally captured, their protective mothers are also often killed as they try to save them. 2. “Training” begins immediately. The babies are tied down and beaten with bullhooks and other instruments designed to inflict pain until their spirits are broken and they’re willing to obey their “trainers” to avoid pain. 3. Elephants in nature live in matriarchal herds in which they forage for fresh vegetation, play, bathe in rivers, and travel many miles a day. Held in captivity, they can move only in small circles in an arena or along a short path while carrying humans on their backs, even on the hottest days. 4. When they aren’t working, the animals are usually kept in sheds or shacks—often with concrete floors that damage their legs—and they’re b...
Thailand's Elephant issues 1.Destroying the wild area destroying the wild area for agriculture, cutting the trees, burning forest. Building the barrage and the way it destroyed housing and food animals. It makes the conflict between human and elephant. 2.Kill the wild elephant Catching the baby elephant by human who lived in the border of Thailand and Myanmar for trading, it not difficult to catch and transport. For catching the baby elephant have to kill the mother because they love the baby so much and they will close always. The baby elephant not yet weaned will be weakness and die. 3.The problems from management Lack institution for manage and guarding, inappropriate management of institution, unprofitable of management and lack of bursary. 4.Farming inappropriate The elephant work hard, animal cruelty. They don't relax and they work hard for too long .When they have lesion inflicted, farmer must to use Amphetamine for treat them but using f...