STOP THIS HUMILIATION
Feeling trapped, bored and missing friends and family? That’s life every day for elephants exploited by the tourist trade in Asia.
You can help fight this shameful abuse by signing a petition calling on parliament to ban the marketing and sale of holidays that include cruel elephant “attractions”.
Most of the elephants are taken from the wild while young, the mothers often being killed in the process. They are subjected to “pajan”, a prolonged period of beatings and incarceration that brutalises them into submission.
The ones that survive face a lifetime of performing humiliating circus tricks for tourists.
It’s not just the elephants who suffer – humans have been killed by captive
Elephants are tortured to perform elephants driven mad and these magnificent creatures also transmit tuberculosis.
“Coronavirus originated in the abuse by man of animals in close confinement, just as happens with TB which is passed on to humans by captive Asian elephants that are used for rides, selfies and football,” said Duncan McNair of the Save The Asian Elephants campaign.
“In place of reckless profiteering, we are calling for ethical, regulated, responsible, humane Asian elephant tourism at genuine sanctuaries where they are seen in their natural surroundings from a respectful distance.”
You can help. Just put “elephant 302242” into Google and the petition will be your first hit.