Artist Who Made People Cry With Her ‘Good Boy’ And ‘Black Cat’ Comics Is Back, And This Time It’s About Elephants
Interview With Artist
German illustrator Jenny-Jinya is notorious for bringing her fans to tears. Her comic strips were dubbed tearjerkers as they showed just how cruel some people can be to animals. Jenny now has a whopping 285K followers on Instagram, proving that people aren’t immune to animal cruelty, abandonment, pollution, environmental hazards, and other hardships.
This time, Jenny is back with another heartbreaking strip which raises awareness of just how cruel and damaging elephant rides can be. It turns out, animals are taken from their families in the wild and forced to live in captivity where they’re constantly terrorized. Prepare some tissues at hand and take a look at the comic down below.
When you’re done with this post, check out the illustrator’s other powerful comics featuring a black cat, a duck, an albatross, and a lion.
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Jenny has released a strip about an elephant working in a tourist ride, which raises awareness of animal cruelty
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Bored Panda contacted Jenny to find out about the idea behind this particular elephant comic strip. It turns out, the illustrator came across a photo showing a captured baby elephant that moved her so deeply. “It was tied up and seemed to scream in pain when the so-called trainers hit the poor creature.”
Jenny is convinced that “if more tourists knew how elephants are tortured to make them submissive, perhaps fewer people would support these ’attractions.’” The artist said that after the release of this strip, she received tons of messages from people admitting they had ridden elephants in past. “They had no idea how these animals were ’trained,’“ she said.
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Image credits: Jenny Jinya
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Jenny confessed that the whole process of drawing such heartbreaking stories is quite saddening. “Conducting research about the issue in question is always depressing enough, but when I sketch out the storyboard, a few tears run down my cheeks, too,” she told Bored Panda.
There are many reasons why some people are so cruel to animals. Jenny says that “Some people think about profit, others are just poorly educated about certain topics, and some people might just have a crooked mentality.” But the artist believes that educating people, supporting shelters, signing petitions, and reducing the consumption of animal products go a long way.
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According to World Animal Protection, people who want to ride elephants for entertainment have increased. This has escalated the number of elephants captured from the wild and kept in captivity by almost a third over the last five years, according to BBC.
In 2016, WAP inspected 3000 elephants living across Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and parts of India. They found that only 200 of them were living in acceptable captive conditions. Dr. Jan Schmidt-Burbach, global wildlife and veterinary adviser at World Animal Protection (WAP), told BBC: “We want tourists to know that many of these elephants are taken from their mothers as babies, forced to endure harsh training and suffer poor living conditions throughout their life.”
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When I was about five, my mum and her friend took us, two girls, to a circus with animals. After the show we were offered rides on the elephants. The other girl, two years older, went on and enjoyed it. When the man tried to lift me up too, I went on a complete meltdown and curled under a seat. My mum was incredibly embarrassed and yelled at me for hours. I tried to explain that the elephant smelt terribly and had open wounds on the "saddle" (all that while screaming in fear and anger), but nothing. The fear and sadness of that animal is still engrained to my brain, 20 years later. Then, in late elementary school I was part of the animal rescue society, and we were given the task to present an important case of animal abuse to the school. I suggested circus animals and we settled on it.
I half-regret it, since we witnessed *horrifying* situations of chronically abused animals, like tigers and lions clawing at their cages until they tore out their nails and teeth, and elephants swaying from wall to wall endlessly. We even found MRIs done on rescued circus animals that showed wasted brain matter and patterns similar to human extreme abuse. However, the worst part wasnt the physical issues these animals face. At least to me, the scariest thing is that they were driven insane and self-destructed like humans. Thankfully, a couple of years later the EU banned circuses with animals, and goodriddense to them.
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when i was in sixth grade & reading the giver, the scene with the elephant poachers broke my heart. because the only news of poaching i had seen was preventive measures, i didn't know people still poached. when i found out, i had to stay home from school because i couldn't stop sobbing. elephants are such beautiful, gentle, intelligent creatures. i wish i could save them all.
I would save every animal from harm. None of them deserve that.
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I had the pleasure of visiting Nepal last year and visited Direct Aid Nepal's first elephant sanctuary. NO chains (chain-free corrals), NO riding of elephants, just happy free elephants who you can interact with by going on walks with them and watching them bathe, as well as making and feeding them their food. Such an amazing experience.
That sound amazing, I would be a little scared though.
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Stay safe on your journey, mighty elephant. And thank you for your kindness, little cockroach. And Death, you continue to do wonderful work. Thank you.
It was this type of abuse and sadness that made me make monthly donations to a charitable foundation called Wildlife SOS that rescues Asian elephants, and other animals from mistreatment. They do very good work, and I am sent bi-monthly reports on animals that they have rescued from carnivals and temples. Many of the elephants have known no other life other than captivity. Their happiness is priceless when you seen them have their first therapy bath or when they frolick free in the fields with their friends. I never want to be the problem.
They don't do circuses anymore, do they???? Or they still do????
Ringling Brothers and Barnem and Bailey circus went out of business several years ago because they no longer had animal acts. They had changed how the animals were treated, the elephants got to range during the off season and play. But they couldn't over come the backlash of having performing animals, regardless how humane they had started treating them.And with out the animals people stopped coming.
Load More Replies... Omygod *thank god* this article is here. Elephants are my favorite animal (cuties!!!), but had no idea they did this to them. I've always hated circuses and this only increases it. :'( Also, zoos. For my friend's bday, we went to the zoo, and straight to the lion section. The lions and tigers were pacing and yawning restlessly. This means that they are bored and upset. If they're like this everyday.... And I understand why peeps wanna go too those places and stuff, to see wild animals, but we don't understand what we're doing to them. Please stop this nonsense!!!! Use some other animal, who actually enjoys being ridden, like a horse or something.
So sad. Elephants are highly social animals and to rip a baby away from its mother is the height of cruelty. That poor elephant mama probably grieved her whole life for her baby :( And what that baby went through as well, is sickening.
What do you think they do to calves? They rip calves from their mothers right after birth, so human ADULT men, women and children could steal their milk. There is no other creature in nature which drinks mother's milk after weaning, let alone the milk from another species, only humans are capable of such perversion. Animal milk protein - Casein is very dissimilar from human protein and is vastly contributing to painful, chronic inflammations in human body - such as arthritis, chronic diseases - such as diabetes, heart diseases - clogged arteries due to dietary cholesterol (yes, dairy, meat, eggs all have cholesterol), and various cancers. Also, animal agriculture is a major contributor to our planet's most significant environmental threats, greater than industrial, car and aviation pollution combined. That is because of factory farming (industrial farming) Irresponsible people eat billions upon the billions of animals thus destroying their health, our planet.
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i've never been on an elephant, but some things are just to hard to handle. big cats in the circus can have teeth ripped out, and lions that have to hold their head open.. the world can be better than this. i know it. these animals really dont deserve this. us *caring* humans need to stop these things and take a stand for abused animals.
Zoos can be as bad. I remember being at a zoo once and seeing an elephant just pacing up and down the same enclosure just back and fourth, back and fourth. She looked so miserable. Then I walked around the corner and saw a polar bear doing exactly the same thing. I walked all the way around the zoo and then went to get something to eat. Then we went past the elephant enclosure again and the same poor elephant was doing the same pacing, as was the polar bear. It was so horrible to see. I never went back. Wild animals should be kept in the wild, or, if for conservation purposes, in wild life parks like the ones in Africa where they are looked after properly, but are allowed to roam in vast areas of protected land where they are cared for and loved.
This upsets me so much, i wish i could do something about it. Beautiful, beautiful animals, innocent.
So please do, there's a lot you can do, please read previous comments.
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Knowledge is power. The more we know the better the world will be. Educate educate educate. I believe the future generations will eventually eliminate all animal entertainment because of things like this. Because it's out there. That's important. That's freedom. To speak up. And Vote.
I refuse to go to circus, Sea World...etc. I do not want to support those corporations that torture and use animals for entertainment. It's wrong. Let them be and set them free. They're not here for our entertainment. People should be ashamed of themselves.
I can't even bear to look at this. One of my social media account's name, beulah.the.elephant, references this very thing, since I didn't want her name to be forgotten. :-(
Don't be sad and cry, do something about it, hep change the world for animals and subsequently for people as well. Human misery is 97.8% man-made and is born out of cruelty to animals and greed.
Load More Replies... I never thought about this. When I was five, my parents took me to a circus and offered to pay for an elephant ride. I was too scared, and said no. I'm now glad I didn't ride him, and didn't hurt the elephant any more. Thankfully, that circus was closed down and the animals went to sanctuaries a year later. I'm crying so much right now. Thank you for making this art, and showing me what happens behind the veil.
Poor Elephants I I will raise awareness to all the Elephants in need
I once rode an elephant in Bali. I’m just sorry now. Didn’t see that one comming
Please let there be an international law against riding on elephants
Don't support anything that abuses animals, and support things that help them.
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I have never ridden a donkey or camel or elephant or any other animal for amusement. I do not think that human beings need this sort of entertainment: I prefer to see animals in their natural environment, doing what they naturally do, observing from a distance. [I did once, fifteen years or so ago, attend a greyhound racing event. After learning how those dogs are treated, I have never gone back. Same counts for horse-racing... Any sport/activity featuring animals I have shunned.]
I remember seeing elephants at a circus when I was a kid, back in 1988 or something. A lot has changed since then, elephants are no longer allowed to be held by circuses. I think this might be an EU-law but I'm not sure. Also, I read that an elephants brain has the same reaction when seeing humans, as the human brain has when seeing puppies, and I think that's fantastic! Elephants think of us as puppies 😍
I thought Hathi in the *book* was the ultimate b/c he "let in the jungle" on mean humans. Go, ELEPHANTS!
IF we think animal abuse is bad then what do u call this,I fell very bad for elephants this should be illegal.period
You pay for any entertainment involving wild animals, you are paying for cruelty and usffering. And it doesn't matter if it's dolphins or horses or tigers -- it's all unnatural and cruel. If you love animals, get a dog. Yes, it'S a commitment, especailly of time, but you get endless cuddles and love. Don't have time for a dog and enough space? Get two cats? Don't have that either: Go to your local shelter and offer to volunteer.
Well said, Katinka....there's so much people can do instead of crying. "It is easy to sell hope, but hope without action is an excuse." Some will not even try to sell hope.
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poor elephant, if only Animals and humans could understand each other and people would hear them,
The most awful aspect of this is that if elephants were treated kindly at all ages some of them might be very happy to work willingly for humans. It's showing up now in the horse training world that being kind, empathetic, patient and using only positive reinforcement creates the happiest, safest, and most confident horses. Plus, they're far healthier due to the lack of stress! Elephants should be easy to work with, even in the wild, by showing them respect and kindness, helping them when they ask for it (and like other wild animals, including whales, they do come to humans sometimes for help) and leaving them alone when they prefer to be wild. I knew an elephant guy at a Renaissance faire and his elephants were so healthy, happy, affectionate to him and so gentle with everyone that it was a pleasure to see. He never needed a tool to work with them, just a word or a stroke on the trunk or ear. Their gear was clean and fit perfectly.
I saw them backstage after their "act" (which was all about conservation of wild elephants and correct treatment of tamed elephants) and they had tons of appropriate food to eat, there wasn't a mark on their bodies of any kind (no wounds or sores or even lines where their harness had been). They were perfectly calm and contented without a sign of anxiety, no weaving or anything like that. He was such a good guy.
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I doubt illiteracy has to do anything with it. Most of the idiotic tourists taking these rides have money and degrees. How can someone not know about the torture these animals go through? I am baffled.
I agree, Nitya, all that animal abuse has to do with human arrogance, selfishness, apathy. These so called people are not in possession of conscience, they just don't give a damn about suffering of animals and people. There never will be equal human rights and justice without animal rights, period!!
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Tears are rolling down my face after reading all the comics given to us on this website. Why do we treat animals like this? Why do we abuse and torture them like this? Why do we hunt animals for their hides and furs and tusks when we need to leave them be? Why do even the most ugliest animals get abused and tortured? Haven’t we already done enough to each other? Why did we have to spend our entire life killing these animals? Why do I wish to be a pediatrician when all they are going to do is torture and abuse each other and the other species? Can someone answer these questions? Do people with the most kindest heart have to endure this while fighting this never-ending battle? Do you know how many people have died or committed taking their lives while thinking about these very same thoughts? I’m not suicidal (anymore) at all but you see what people are going though? Let the animals have a chance to take a deep breathe and leave them alone. Give them a break for the rest of their lives.
elephants think humans are cute like we think kittens and puppies are cute but when you treat them like this it it like being torn apart by a tiger-not so cute anymore treat these animals with respect and they will like you
Even though it SOUNDS fun to ride on the elaphants, I´ll never do it after reading this
My cousin went to this one place in Indonesia that had a baby elephant that would sit like a human and wave its trunk. My cousin and her boyfriend refused to make the elephant do that. Later they were washing and feeding elephants and one was seemingly uncontrollable. She only let my cousin and boyfriend come near her. Turns out, she was the calf’s mother.
I'm a hard-bitten ex-squaddy, I've seen s**t, man ... and I care little for anyone outside my family ... so why am I so crushed
If elephants are in chains they are not in sanctuaries. Some level of interaction with humans and even being ridden can be very enriching for them??? .....and then sent into a cage where are no others of their own species? Absolutely not!!! Please don't believe it. If an elephant can be ridden that means he/she was "trained" to be ridden because that's obviously not natural to them. Yes it is possible to interact with elephants which were raised in a real sanctuary - orphanage after their mothers were killed by poachers for ivory demanded by idiotic, evil, cruel people in all Oriental countries. But please, do not ride elephants or any other wild creature; it is hell for horses and donkeys which are abused and overworked...all that because of consumers, in these cases tourists. Also, please do not buy knickknacks made from ivory. "Evil is Always Human"......you have a choice, you do not have to cause pain and suffering to innocent creatures - you do not have to be evil.
This kind of treatment can lead to anger in elephants. Back in the mid 1990's an elephant lost it and killed it's trainer, I believe in Hawaii, then went on a rampage before being killed. I was in the Texas Army National Guard at the time. One of the other guys in my unit had worked with elephants at one time. He said the guy killed was disliked in the business because he was cruel, to the animals. The guy I knew said the trainer got what he deserved, and the elephant shouldn't have been put down.
Im literly at a birthday party reading this and im literly in the bathroom crying
When I was about five, my mum and her friend took us, two girls, to a circus with animals. After the show we were offered rides on the elephants. The other girl, two years older, went on and enjoyed it. When the man tried to lift me up too, I went on a complete meltdown and curled under a seat. My mum was incredibly embarrassed and yelled at me for hours. I tried to explain that the elephant smelt terribly and had open wounds on the "saddle" (all that while screaming in fear and anger), but nothing. The fear and sadness of that animal is still engrained to my brain, 20 years later. Then, in late elementary school I was part of the animal rescue society, and we were given the task to present an important case of animal abuse to the school. I suggested circus animals and we settled on it.
I half-regret it, since we witnessed *horrifying* situations of chronically abused animals, like tigers and lions clawing at their cages until they tore out their nails and teeth, and elephants swaying from wall to wall endlessly. We even found MRIs done on rescued circus animals that showed wasted brain matter and patterns similar to human extreme abuse. However, the worst part wasnt the physical issues these animals face. At least to me, the scariest thing is that they were driven insane and self-destructed like humans. Thankfully, a couple of years later the EU banned circuses with animals, and goodriddense to them.
Load More Replies... when i was in sixth grade & reading the giver, the scene with the elephant poachers broke my heart. because the only news of poaching i had seen was preventive measures, i didn't know people still poached. when i found out, i had to stay home from school because i couldn't stop sobbing. elephants are such beautiful, gentle, intelligent creatures. i wish i could save them all.
I would save every animal from harm. None of them deserve that.
Load More Replies... I had the pleasure of visiting Nepal last year and visited Direct Aid Nepal's first elephant sanctuary. NO chains (chain-free corrals), NO riding of elephants, just happy free elephants who you can interact with by going on walks with them and watching them bathe, as well as making and feeding them their food. Such an amazing experience.
That sound amazing, I would be a little scared though.
Load More Replies... Stay safe on your journey, mighty elephant. And thank you for your kindness, little cockroach. And Death, you continue to do wonderful work. Thank you.
It was this type of abuse and sadness that made me make monthly donations to a charitable foundation called Wildlife SOS that rescues Asian elephants, and other animals from mistreatment. They do very good work, and I am sent bi-monthly reports on animals that they have rescued from carnivals and temples. Many of the elephants have known no other life other than captivity. Their happiness is priceless when you seen them have their first therapy bath or when they frolick free in the fields with their friends. I never want to be the problem.
They don't do circuses anymore, do they???? Or they still do????
Ringling Brothers and Barnem and Bailey circus went out of business several years ago because they no longer had animal acts. They had changed how the animals were treated, the elephants got to range during the off season and play. But they couldn't over come the backlash of having performing animals, regardless how humane they had started treating them.And with out the animals people stopped coming.
Load More Replies... Omygod *thank god* this article is here. Elephants are my favorite animal (cuties!!!), but had no idea they did this to them. I've always hated circuses and this only increases it. :'( Also, zoos. For my friend's bday, we went to the zoo, and straight to the lion section. The lions and tigers were pacing and yawning restlessly. This means that they are bored and upset. If they're like this everyday.... And I understand why peeps wanna go too those places and stuff, to see wild animals, but we don't understand what we're doing to them. Please stop this nonsense!!!! Use some other animal, who actually enjoys being ridden, like a horse or something.
So sad. Elephants are highly social animals and to rip a baby away from its mother is the height of cruelty. That poor elephant mama probably grieved her whole life for her baby :( And what that baby went through as well, is sickening.
What do you think they do to calves? They rip calves from their mothers right after birth, so human ADULT men, women and children could steal their milk. There is no other creature in nature which drinks mother's milk after weaning, let alone the milk from another species, only humans are capable of such perversion. Animal milk protein - Casein is very dissimilar from human protein and is vastly contributing to painful, chronic inflammations in human body - such as arthritis, chronic diseases - such as diabetes, heart diseases - clogged arteries due to dietary cholesterol (yes, dairy, meat, eggs all have cholesterol), and various cancers. Also, animal agriculture is a major contributor to our planet's most significant environmental threats, greater than industrial, car and aviation pollution combined. That is because of factory farming (industrial farming) Irresponsible people eat billions upon the billions of animals thus destroying their health, our planet.
Load More Replies... i've never been on an elephant, but some things are just to hard to handle. big cats in the circus can have teeth ripped out, and lions that have to hold their head open.. the world can be better than this. i know it. these animals really dont deserve this. us *caring* humans need to stop these things and take a stand for abused animals.
Zoos can be as bad. I remember being at a zoo once and seeing an elephant just pacing up and down the same enclosure just back and fourth, back and fourth. She looked so miserable. Then I walked around the corner and saw a polar bear doing exactly the same thing. I walked all the way around the zoo and then went to get something to eat. Then we went past the elephant enclosure again and the same poor elephant was doing the same pacing, as was the polar bear. It was so horrible to see. I never went back. Wild animals should be kept in the wild, or, if for conservation purposes, in wild life parks like the ones in Africa where they are looked after properly, but are allowed to roam in vast areas of protected land where they are cared for and loved.
This upsets me so much, i wish i could do something about it. Beautiful, beautiful animals, innocent.
So please do, there's a lot you can do, please read previous comments.
Load More Replies... Knowledge is power. The more we know the better the world will be. Educate educate educate. I believe the future generations will eventually eliminate all animal entertainment because of things like this. Because it's out there. That's important. That's freedom. To speak up. And Vote.
I refuse to go to circus, Sea World...etc. I do not want to support those corporations that torture and use animals for entertainment. It's wrong. Let them be and set them free. They're not here for our entertainment. People should be ashamed of themselves.
I can't even bear to look at this. One of my social media account's name, beulah.the.elephant, references this very thing, since I didn't want her name to be forgotten. :-(
Don't be sad and cry, do something about it, hep change the world for animals and subsequently for people as well. Human misery is 97.8% man-made and is born out of cruelty to animals and greed.
Load More Replies... I never thought about this. When I was five, my parents took me to a circus and offered to pay for an elephant ride. I was too scared, and said no. I'm now glad I didn't ride him, and didn't hurt the elephant any more. Thankfully, that circus was closed down and the animals went to sanctuaries a year later. I'm crying so much right now. Thank you for making this art, and showing me what happens behind the veil.
Poor Elephants I I will raise awareness to all the Elephants in need
I once rode an elephant in Bali. I’m just sorry now. Didn’t see that one comming
Please let there be an international law against riding on elephants
Don't support anything that abuses animals, and support things that help them.
Load More Replies... I have never ridden a donkey or camel or elephant or any other animal for amusement. I do not think that human beings need this sort of entertainment: I prefer to see animals in their natural environment, doing what they naturally do, observing from a distance. [I did once, fifteen years or so ago, attend a greyhound racing event. After learning how those dogs are treated, I have never gone back. Same counts for horse-racing... Any sport/activity featuring animals I have shunned.]
I remember seeing elephants at a circus when I was a kid, back in 1988 or something. A lot has changed since then, elephants are no longer allowed to be held by circuses. I think this might be an EU-law but I'm not sure. Also, I read that an elephants brain has the same reaction when seeing humans, as the human brain has when seeing puppies, and I think that's fantastic! Elephants think of us as puppies 😍
I thought Hathi in the *book* was the ultimate b/c he "let in the jungle" on mean humans. Go, ELEPHANTS!
IF we think animal abuse is bad then what do u call this,I fell very bad for elephants this should be illegal.period
You pay for any entertainment involving wild animals, you are paying for cruelty and usffering. And it doesn't matter if it's dolphins or horses or tigers -- it's all unnatural and cruel. If you love animals, get a dog. Yes, it'S a commitment, especailly of time, but you get endless cuddles and love. Don't have time for a dog and enough space? Get two cats? Don't have that either: Go to your local shelter and offer to volunteer.
Well said, Katinka....there's so much people can do instead of crying. "It is easy to sell hope, but hope without action is an excuse." Some will not even try to sell hope.
Load More Replies... poor elephant, if only Animals and humans could understand each other and people would hear them,
The most awful aspect of this is that if elephants were treated kindly at all ages some of them might be very happy to work willingly for humans. It's showing up now in the horse training world that being kind, empathetic, patient and using only positive reinforcement creates the happiest, safest, and most confident horses. Plus, they're far healthier due to the lack of stress! Elephants should be easy to work with, even in the wild, by showing them respect and kindness, helping them when they ask for it (and like other wild animals, including whales, they do come to humans sometimes for help) and leaving them alone when they prefer to be wild. I knew an elephant guy at a Renaissance faire and his elephants were so healthy, happy, affectionate to him and so gentle with everyone that it was a pleasure to see. He never needed a tool to work with them, just a word or a stroke on the trunk or ear. Their gear was clean and fit perfectly.
I saw them backstage after their "act" (which was all about conservation of wild elephants and correct treatment of tamed elephants) and they had tons of appropriate food to eat, there wasn't a mark on their bodies of any kind (no wounds or sores or even lines where their harness had been). They were perfectly calm and contented without a sign of anxiety, no weaving or anything like that. He was such a good guy.
Load More Replies... I doubt illiteracy has to do anything with it. Most of the idiotic tourists taking these rides have money and degrees. How can someone not know about the torture these animals go through? I am baffled.
I agree, Nitya, all that animal abuse has to do with human arrogance, selfishness, apathy. These so called people are not in possession of conscience, they just don't give a damn about suffering of animals and people. There never will be equal human rights and justice without animal rights, period!!
Load More Replies... Tears are rolling down my face after reading all the comics given to us on this website. Why do we treat animals like this? Why do we abuse and torture them like this? Why do we hunt animals for their hides and furs and tusks when we need to leave them be? Why do even the most ugliest animals get abused and tortured? Haven’t we already done enough to each other? Why did we have to spend our entire life killing these animals? Why do I wish to be a pediatrician when all they are going to do is torture and abuse each other and the other species? Can someone answer these questions? Do people with the most kindest heart have to endure this while fighting this never-ending battle? Do you know how many people have died or committed taking their lives while thinking about these very same thoughts? I’m not suicidal (anymore) at all but you see what people are going though? Let the animals have a chance to take a deep breathe and leave them alone. Give them a break for the rest of their lives.
elephants think humans are cute like we think kittens and puppies are cute but when you treat them like this it it like being torn apart by a tiger-not so cute anymore treat these animals with respect and they will like you
Even though it SOUNDS fun to ride on the elaphants, I´ll never do it after reading this
My cousin went to this one place in Indonesia that had a baby elephant that would sit like a human and wave its trunk. My cousin and her boyfriend refused to make the elephant do that. Later they were washing and feeding elephants and one was seemingly uncontrollable. She only let my cousin and boyfriend come near her. Turns out, she was the calf’s mother.
I'm a hard-bitten ex-squaddy, I've seen s**t, man ... and I care little for anyone outside my family ... so why am I so crushed
If elephants are in chains they are not in sanctuaries. Some level of interaction with humans and even being ridden can be very enriching for them??? .....and then sent into a cage where are no others of their own species? Absolutely not!!! Please don't believe it. If an elephant can be ridden that means he/she was "trained" to be ridden because that's obviously not natural to them. Yes it is possible to interact with elephants which were raised in a real sanctuary - orphanage after their mothers were killed by poachers for ivory demanded by idiotic, evil, cruel people in all Oriental countries. But please, do not ride elephants or any other wild creature; it is hell for horses and donkeys which are abused and overworked...all that because of consumers, in these cases tourists. Also, please do not buy knickknacks made from ivory. "Evil is Always Human"......you have a choice, you do not have to cause pain and suffering to innocent creatures - you do not have to be evil.
This kind of treatment can lead to anger in elephants. Back in the mid 1990's an elephant lost it and killed it's trainer, I believe in Hawaii, then went on a rampage before being killed. I was in the Texas Army National Guard at the time. One of the other guys in my unit had worked with elephants at one time. He said the guy killed was disliked in the business because he was cruel, to the animals. The guy I knew said the trainer got what he deserved, and the elephant shouldn't have been put down.
Im literly at a birthday party reading this and im literly in the bathroom crying
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