(Asia 36) At the Maesa Elephant camp in Chiang Mai , Thailand , elephants preform various tricks for the audience. But this blew my mind. I have heard of Elephants painting before but , I always assumed they were abstract looking nonsense. Here we see a male 8 year old named "Pangkwan" render a landscape scene complete with mountains , sky , grass , and even a flowering tree. UNBELIEVABLE !
But there is a very dark side to this story. At the time that I shot this video , (sept 2014) I had no idea about the physical and mental abuse that these pachyderms are put through. In the words of a report by " One Green Planet'', the high intelligence of elephants is often credited with their ability to learn how to paint so effortlessly. However , just as an elephant in the wild would not choose to jump into a handstand , it is not likely that they ever aspire to be a Pachyderm Picasso either.
When the young calves in the camp nursery reached 2 years of age , it was time to separate them from their mothers , and put to work. The report goes on to talk about how these elephants are put through months of physical abuse to learn how to hold a paintbrush , draw straight lines , and paint shapes like flowers and trees. these elephants are broken and experience the pain of the phajaan process. over this time baby elephants are starved , shackled, and beaten until their spirit is completely broken and will submit to the will of their captors. So , what we see here is essentially a slave trained to be a robot. I am writing this edited description over 4 years later , and I struggled with the decision whether I should remove this video all together , or let it stay with a more in-depth description. I am choosing to leave it up hoping that more people will understand what it took me years to find out. Removing it , would do nothing because the abuse will still be happening , and knowledge is power.
Негізгі бет Elephant FORCED to paint at the Maesa Elephant Camp -Chiang Mai , Thailand
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