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Investigation Shows Elephant Mistreatment in Thailand

At a tourist attraction in Thailand, a young elephant appears to tug playfully on someone’s shirt. Its handler pokes it roughly twice with a bullhook. Other elephants pace, sway, and bob, which are signs of stress. There are elephants with their front feet chained together so they can barely move, and baby elephants chained to their mothers. Some of the animals have wounds or scars.

These were the findings of an investigation in Thailand by Lady Freethinker, a nonprofit animal rights organization.

“Elephants have long been exploited for human entertainment worldwide, and we’d heard of particularly egregious abuses happening in Thailand,” Nina Jackel, president of Lady Freethinker, tells Treehugger. “We wanted to witness and document any cruelty being inflicted on these sensitive, social, and misunderstood animals, and then show those findings to warn others of the…

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