Popular Post snoop1130 Posted March 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2018 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 Eight foreign multinationals have reportedly withdrawn their support for the King’s Cup Elephant Polo tournament following the release of a video showing mahouts violently striking the elephants was published by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/ -- © Copyright Khaosod English 2018-3-22 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ChrisY1 Posted March 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2018 Brilliant news.......! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JOC Posted March 22, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 22, 2018 Wild animals should not be used for our entertainment....!! 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 (edited) 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 Eight foreign multinationals have reportedly withdrawn their support for the King’s Cup Elephant Polo tournament following the release of a video showing mahouts violently striking the elephants was published by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, 2018 by YetAnother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 37 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said: Brilliant news.......! Agree. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 PETA will have difficulty convincing The Minor Group to withdraw sponsorship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigante7 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 People Eating Tasty Animsls. Brigante7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffreybangkok Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Then they should push to end Polo on Horse too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaiguzzi Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 21 hours ago, ChrisY1 said: Brilliant news.......! +1. I can't even watch through the original video which started the ruckus. Sickening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcsw53 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 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 ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champers Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 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! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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