(TH) petition begging street elephants in Bangkok

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November last year I found the petition

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/street-begging-elephants which has

been put up in September.

 

In my opinion this petition hasn’t been signed enough: far from that!

 

I know and I see that Internet is full of petitions concerning the

dramatic animal-abuse worldwide and lots of times in its cruelest

forms! Let’s nevertheless not forget this abuse where lots of

elephants in the cities of Thailand are involved. Elephants that are

ripped away from their social environment, elephants of all ages who

are roaming around in heavily polluted, overcrowded and noisy cities

for, I estimate, at least 10 hours a day, 7 days a week. Bad food,

sometimes food-poisoning, drugs, wounds, no proper bathing, drinking

from posh fountains in front of shopping malls or hotels and being

“cared†for and eating at hide-aways on rubbish-belts. And don’t

forget that the name “elephant†appears at lists mentioning the top ten of

the most deadly animals!

 

We need really THOUSANDS of signatures to force with that attention

the Thai authorities to take action and to get rid of this abuse now

and forever! This must not be a utopia!! This is the only way to let

the Thai authorities enforce their existing laws and rules concerning

these creatures, being the “Symbol of Thailandâ€, not only once but

forever. The second hit with this is to make more tourists aware of

what they are doing with buying food off the mahouts to feed the

“cute†animals to appear laughing with them at photos for the

family-album to show in their country. When the tourists refuse en

bloc to pay for this abuse the source of income for the mahouts and,

indirect, for the Thai government, dries and dies.

 

When you want to see what you are signing for you can see lots of

photos in my album:

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/toni_uni/sets/72157603251277034/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/toni_uni/sets/72157604859565642/

 

More text in my WEBlog:

 

http://mistifarang.wordpress.com/category/animal-abuse-in-thailand/begging-stree\

t-elephants-in-thailand/

 

 

Don’t tolerate elephants as “free†roaming circus-elephants in cities

doing their performance to please begging the tourists!

 

Thanks on forehand!

 

" I will NOT remain silent. I will speak for those who cannot, or will

not speak, and it will hurt. "

 

Daharja