8 Sponsors Drop Thai Elephant Polo: PETA

By Chayanit Itthipongmaetee, Staff Reporter

 

Polo players behind mahouts sit astride each elephants as they vie for the ball during the King's Cup Elephant Polo tournament in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, March 8, 2018. The annual elephant polo charity event raises funds for projects that better the lives of Thailand's wild and domesticated elephant population. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

 

BANGKOK — An international animal rights organization said it would continue pressing for Thailand to drop an annual elephant polo event after convincing eight sponsors to pull their support.

 

Eight foreign multinationals have reportedly withdrawn their support for the King’s Cup Elephant Polo tournament following the release of a video showing mahouts violently striking the elephants was published by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA.

 

Full Story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/bangkok/2018/03/22/8-sponsors-drop-thai-elephant-polo-peta/

 

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Brilliant news.......!

Wild animals should not be used for our entertainment....!!

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

BANGKOK — An international animal rights organization said it would continue pressing for Thailand to drop an annual elephant polo event after convincing eight sponsors to pull their support.

 

Eight foreign multinationals have reportedly withdrawn their support for the King’s Cup Elephant Polo tournament following the release of a video showing mahouts violently striking the elephants was published by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA.

the drumbeat continues; thais, in thin-skinned scenarios , predictably behave in a certain way;

then international quasi-oversight bodies note that behavior, publicize it  and 'things happen';

again and again,such behavior is only addressed due to these intl oversight bodies

Edited March 22, 20188 yr by YetAnother

37 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

Brilliant news.......!

Agree.

PETA will have difficulty convincing The Minor Group to withdraw sponsorship.

People

Eating

Tasty

Animsls. 

 

 

 

 Brigante7.

Then they should push to end Polo on Horse too.

2 hours ago, jeffreybangkok said:

Then they should push to end Polo on Horse too.

Horses have been domesticated by humans since 3,000 BC.

Elephants are wild animals.

So Polo (if done humanely) isn't in the same category as elephants.

 

21 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

Brilliant news.......!

+1.

I can't even watch through the original video which started the ruckus. Sickening.

We have just started a boycott of Johnny Walker here in Jomtien. I have sent Diageo (  the parent company ) notification of this and will be interested to see their comments. They promise a response to complaints within 48 hours.

 

Anyone want to join in ?

6 minutes ago, dcsw53 said:

We have just started a boycott of Johnny Walker here in Jomtien. I have sent Diageo (  the parent company ) notification of this and will be interested to see their comments. They promise a response to complaints within 48 hours.

 

Anyone want to join in ?

I'll drink to that. 

Go PETA! Nice to see PETA getting some  for a change. They have done more for animals & animal rights than any other group and usually get a bad rap for perceived extremism. Most of which is concocted by Big Meat, Big Dairy and Big Pharma...then sensationalized by Big Media. And sometimes...

 

...extreme cruelty and extreme public ignorance requires extreme actions and educational awareness. 

 

Go PETA!