Re: The true side of elephant painting
I have visited the elephant sanctuary in Sri Lanka and was not impressed. We were assured by the guide that these animals are rescued and allowed to live their days free but that was not the case. They are all brought out twice a day to be washed by the handlers - just for the benefit of the tourists and there was a baby elephant that was always fed in an enclosure surrounded by screaming kids. You could see it was scared to death. They also had a huge bull elephant that had been blinded who was chained to a post all day apart from when he was taken for a walk to the amusement of the crowd. When chained to the post he would just rock backwards and forwards.Re: The true side of elephant painting
I visited an elephant sanctuary in Malaysia whilst in a wildlife holiday. They claimed to rescue elephants who were displaced by logging where Palm Oil plantations were replacing forests.Re: The true side of elephant painting
Very very cruel and sickening. Tourists are the main cause of the cruelty. These elephants have been chained for 50/ 60/70 yrs , many of them blind, with ulcers and sores. It is heart breaking to see them suffering and there are plenty of images available to put the true picture on the elephants suffering.Re: The true side of elephant painting
My son was on a business trip to Bangalore and his hosts, knowing he was a keen photographer, took him to a wildlife park which was allied to the Born Free Foundation. He was shocked to see a solitary elephant in a concrete pen, no water, nothing whatsoever and it was showing obvious signs of captivity stress. Further on, they came across a bear which was sitting on the road, the driver of the vehicle they were in blew the horn to make it move, when it didn't he used the truck to actually push it out of the way.Re: The true side of elephant painting
Well done to your son CeeCee, many would not bother to .Re: The true side of elephant painting
Re: The true side of elephant painting
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