http://www.liviacolare.com/2008/04/07/elephant-torture-in-thailand/ a blog by Livia Iacolare Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:25:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.liviacolare.com/2008/04/07/elephant-torture-in-thailand/#comment-1805 Dave Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:15:42 +0000 http://www.liviacolare.com/2008/04/07/elephant-torture-in-thailand/#comment-1805 Thanks for posting this. The phaajaan is a horribly cruel tradition that must be stopped. Spreading the word like this can help. Tell all your friends, especially anyone going to Asia, NOT to pay to go trekking or to elephant camps, they use elephants who have been through this torture. Don't give money to street beggars using elephants. The best thing they can do, if they want to experience elephants up close, is to visit or volunteer at the Elephant Nature Park near Chiang Mai, Thailand. At this sanctuary they are fighting to end the brutal traditions of the phaajaan and other forms of dominance training, and use only love and compassion, and never make their elephants perform or give rides. Many people regret going on elephant rides, etc. after they come back only to find out exactly what their money supported. Please do some research about this subject BEFORE a vacation in Thailand. There are many videos of the Elephant Nature Park on YouTube. Use your money to support kindness, not cruelty. Thanks. Dave (journeyman47 on YouTube) Thanks for posting this. The phaajaan is a horribly cruel tradition that must be stopped. Spreading the word like this can help. Tell all your friends, especially anyone going to Asia, NOT to pay to go trekking or to elephant camps, they use elephants who have been through this torture. Don’t give money to street beggars using elephants. The best thing they can do, if they want to experience elephants up close, is to visit or volunteer at the Elephant Nature Park near Chiang Mai, Thailand. At this sanctuary they are fighting to end the brutal traditions of the phaajaan and other forms of dominance training, and use only love and compassion, and never make their elephants perform or give rides.
Many people regret going on elephant rides, etc. after they come back only to find out exactly what their money supported. Please do some research about this subject BEFORE a vacation in Thailand. There are many videos of the Elephant Nature Park on YouTube. Use your money to support kindness, not cruelty. Thanks.
Dave (journeyman47 on YouTube)

]]> http://www.liviacolare.com/2008/04/07/elephant-torture-in-thailand/#comment-716 Youtube » Elephant torture in Thailand Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:50:42 +0000 http://www.liviacolare.com/2008/04/07/elephant-torture-in-thailand/#comment-716 [...] Livia Iacolare wrote an interesting post today on Elephant torture in ThailandHere’s a quick excerptI searched on YouTube and I found this horrible video about elephant training (read “t orture”) in Thailand…. [...] [...] Livia Iacolare wrote an interesting post today on Elephant torture in ThailandHere’s a quick excerptI searched on YouTube and I found this horrible video about elephant training (read “t orture”) in Thailand…. [...]

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