Baby Elephant Walk
Well not really babies, these elephants are paraded up and down Sukhumvit Road in the heart of downtown Bangkok aka tourist town. Their handlers sell you expensive pineapple for 100 baht (normally 10 baht) to feed the elephant. For this picture I gave the guy 20 baht for a photo and told him to go jump for his 100 baht. I question the animal welfare here, is the elephant cared for when all the tourists are gone? Does the elephant like walking up and down concrete roads all night? I really don’t know….but it is a sight to see regardless.
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What do you think? Or was getting a photo to publish on your blog the only thing that mattered to you? Talk about exploiting a baby elephant – yes, this IS a baby. She should still be with her mother and extended family but this guy stole her from the wild to walk the streets of Bangkok to earn him a little money. That’s disgusting. It’s also illegal. But you can’t be bothered to look into this as you have your photo and you have made sure YOU didn’t pay too much. This baby is paying with her life – but hey, it’s a “sight to see” – and anything for a little attention from the blog-reading public. Try sometime taking some responsibility for the world around you, instead of just exploiting it to your advantage. You should be ashamed.
Reuben - April 14, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Reuben – instead of being critical at my elephant post why not share more information with us as you seem to know a lot on the subject. How does one help? If the police do not care about drunk drivers or prostitution why would they care about elephants being fed pineapple in the street?
bloginbangkok - April 15, 2008 at 12:58 am
Me either don’t really like to see elephen walk on the road of capital city as Bangkok.
Jane - April 16, 2008 at 5:38 pm