Pointed bull hooks lunged into Kaavan’s side. Crowds had lined the fence of his enclosure to see Pakistan’s only Asian elephant and the sharp jab had meant that he was being told to perform for them. A hand clasping money was raised in the air and the spectator was willing to exchange it with the […]
Tag: Asian Elephant
Gentle giant is tied up and tortured as punishment for ‘bad behaviour’: Elephant tries in vain to break free as it is stabbed with spears in Thailand
Harrowing footage has emerged showing an elephant being stabbed with bamboo spears as a form of punishment for bad behaviour. At least six men tied the gentle giant by its legs and tusks to a tree in Surin, North East Thailand. Unable to control the agitated animal, the cruel owners used a brutal method of […]
Tour giants come under fire for supporting cruel exploitation of elephants
Pressure is mounting on UK travel companies to immediately halt the promotion for overseas tourist venues that cause animal suffering. Tour giants that profit from unethical elephant tourism have ignored concerns about animal welfare, according to campaigners. But growing public outrage may force companies into action as some 84 percent of British people want to […]
Stabbed, chained, tortured: Horrific truth about elephant tourism UK travellers help fund
Standing in the burning heat, jabbed with metal hooks, with chains cutting into their flesh – this is the cruel reality behind elephant tourism in Thailand. And tourists from Britain unwittingly play a part in their torment. There are more than 200 unethical elephant venues in Thailand where visitors demand selfies with these majestic animals […]
Bangladesh struggles to protect the last of its last wild elephants
DHAKA, Bangladesh — In the early hours of July 19, a herd of wild elephants came down from the hills to a crop field located in Rangunia, in Bangladesh’s Chattogram district, in search of food. The elephants soon began damaging crops and banana orchards planted close to the forests as they foraged for food. Abdul […]
Asian Elephants Are Ingesting Large Amounts of Plastic From Landfills in India
The highly social and endangered Asian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) lives in matriarch-led groups and, in addition to foods that can be found in the wild like grasses and the roots, bark and leaves of trees, enjoys foods cultivated by humans like rice and bananas, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Unfortunately, remnants of these […]
Elephant trainer lost his job after beating elephant’s head with a sharp metal rod
In a new viral video from Thailand, a teenage elephant keeper is seen striking an elephant with a spiky metal stick. His manager then grabbed the adolescent by the neck and forced him to kneel in front of the elephant. At the Ayutthaya Elephant Palace in Thailand, a worker was getting ready to give tourists […]
Elephants dying after eating plastic trash on open garbage dumps
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The issue of trash-foraging elephants in Sri Lanka was brought to national attention thanks to a tweet by Hollywood icon Leonardo DiCaprio. Local conservationists, on the other hand, have long been warning about the problem, which they claim is caused by “short-sighted, politically motivated” planning that continues to harm elephants and […]