*[Enwl-eng] We must protect captive elephants from further abuse

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                        Captive elephants are abused into performing stunts 
like this.









                        Elephants Shouldn't Be Taught to Perform Unhealthy 
Tricks



                        Sign Now




                        Elephants are smart, social, soulful creatures. But 
there are some things they just should not do. For example: unnatural, 
unhealthy tricks like headstands. In a recent video posted to Twitter that's 
since gone viral, someone is filming as a handler washes a captive elephant. 
The animal leans forward onto its trunk and head, moving into a headstand 
while a man sprays the creature down with water. The people who posted the 
Twitter video may have been impressed with the stunt. But luckily most 
animal lovers on the internet know better — and they're rightly outraged.



                        While an elephant standing on its head might seem 
amusing at first glance, it's an unnatural behavior that these majestic 
beings do not display in the wild. That means they've been forcibly taught 
to perform these unusual tasks. And the way handlers train elephants is 
anything but humane. Instead, they employ vicious, horrific tactics like 
stabbing the animals with bull hooks, or shocking them with cattle prods. 
The video has since been removed from Twitter, but it was online long enough 
for it to amass more than 300,000 views. And when a video like this goes 
viral, it means more and more people could be lulled into believing such 
cruel exploitation is normal. Twitter must implement a stronger system to 
catch these videos before they go viral! Sign the petition if you agree!




                 Thank you,

                        Miranda

                        Care2 Petitions Team



                        P.S. Elephants should never be coerced or abused 
into performing for humans in this way — not in circuses, not in zoos, and 
not anywhere else. Sign the petition.

                             Sign Now









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From: Miranda B., Care2 Action Alerts
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2022 7:04 PM
Subject: We must protect captive elephants from further abuse

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