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50 years a Slave : Raju the Elephant cried tears of joy after being freed from suffering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhrjTFSDqTU
The methods used to capture and train the elephants are particularly cruel.
Domesticated animals are used to herd wild ones into pit traps, where the older members are often shot. The younger elephants are then taken to the Thai-Myanmar border area where they are "broken in".
"They are put in small log boxes and just beaten into submission," said Dr Shepherd.
"They are a bit like a light switch - you take a wild elephant and beat it long enough and suddenly the switch goes off and you have a tame elephant.
"The welfare implications are horrendous - it is a cruel business."
Pit traps are used to capture young calves in Myanmar
Elephants are smart but it's doubtful that they cry for joy. Look at the head of a "normal" elephant, see the dark areas under the eyes? They continually excrete tears. Maybe abused elephants will give "warmers" something to do when we find out that the earth is really cooling. .
This was a fabulous rescue. Very daring. Kudos to Wildlife SOS for pulling this off!
How can anyone be so mean to a fellow creature? I'm glad he's free.
Human beings, regardless of color, are viscous and evil. Period.
50 years a Slave : Raju the Elephant cried tears of joy after being freed from suffering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhrjTFSDqTU
50 years a Slave : Raju the Elephant cried tears of joy after being freed from suffering
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhrjTFSDqTU
Sure it wasn't crying because it thought, "Wow after 50 years I"m homeless."![]()