Sign the Petition to #RefusetoRide Elephants & Learn Why Unimaginable Cruelty Exists in the Elephant Riding Industry in This Pictorial Essay
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Sign the Petition to #RefusetoRide Elephants & Learn Why Unimaginable Cruelty Exists in the Elephant Riding Industry in This Pictorial Essay

Wildlife SOS, India, has launched a petition to end the abusive practice of riding elephants and is encouraging supporters to share these online posters through their #RefusetoRide campaign. These three posters – ‘Here’s What Goes Into Making an Elephant “Rideable”’; ‘Signs of an Abused Elephant’; ‘Demand Enforcement of India’s Strong Elephant Protection Laws’ – contain … Continue reading »

Stand Up For Our Elephants & Just Don’t Do It: #RefusetoRide an Elephant, Here’s Why
Elephants With Jobs or Elephant Tourism: The Great Debate

Stand Up For Our Elephants & Just Don’t Do It: #RefusetoRide an Elephant, Here’s Why

The glamour of riding an elephant has long been touted as the end-all be-all experience of a lifetime, especially one for the bucket list while on holiday. The reality, for our elephants, is far from joy, in fact, it is one of their biggest nightmares. Please, stand up for our elephants & just don’t do … Continue reading »

Wildlife Photographer Vows to Never Return to Wildlife Park in India After Witnessing Horrific Elephant Abuse :  Hearing Squeals From Tortured Elephants That “Put a Shiver Down My Spine”
Tusk Tusk or Deplorable Acts Against Elephants : Poaching or Cruelty

Wildlife Photographer Vows to Never Return to Wildlife Park in India After Witnessing Horrific Elephant Abuse : Hearing Squeals From Tortured Elephants That “Put a Shiver Down My Spine”

Location of abused elephants: Bandhavgarh National Park in Madhya Pradesh, India Indian Elephants Abused by: “Whippings… and beatings### with 5 foot bamboo canes” leaving the pachyderms ‘screaming in agony’. Starvation & Confinement: Skeletal* baby elephants either chained or placed in cages to detain them. Elephants being forced to give rides** to humans. Mahouts allowing as … Continue reading »

Caught on Video: Elephant Charity VFAES Intervenes Saving Former Temple Elephant From More Brutal Beatings by Mahouts in Kerala, India
Tusk Tusk or Deplorable Acts Against Elephants : Poaching or Cruelty

Caught on Video: Elephant Charity VFAES Intervenes Saving Former Temple Elephant From More Brutal Beatings by Mahouts in Kerala, India

This bull elephant, Karnan, who had once worked as a temple elephant in Thrissur, Kerala, Indiais safe now thanks to the elephant charity Voice For Asian Elephants Society (VFAES). But the suffering he has endured at the hands of humans (mahouts) that domination, will, for Karnan or any Asian elephant, never be forgotten. To watch … Continue reading »