snoop1130 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Elephant swimming show is exercise, not cruel: zoo By Jintamas Saksornchai, Staff Reporter Students Tuesday watch an elephant swims in a glass tank at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi. CHONBURI — A young elephant walks on its hind legs and swims in a glass tank to the delight of a crush of students watching and cheering. To the animal rights advocates who yesterday posted a video of the swimming elephant, it was cruelty. Today the director of the Khao Kheow Open Zoo defended the spectacle as an innocent form of exercise. Full Story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2018/08/28/elephant-swimming-show-is-exercise-not-cruel-zoo/ -- © Copyright Khaosod English 2018-8-28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 The dual pricing is Cruel.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darcula Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Quote Normally they go into pools to play with water anyway,” said zoo director Attaporn Sriheran. Yes, but only when they have swimming trunks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Probably less cruel than getting shot by a fat bloke and tossed on the BBQ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexCanada Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Anything that an elephant wouldn't do in its natural habitat likely isn't right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximillian Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 28 minutes ago, Darcula said: Yes, but only when they have swimming trunks. They obviously have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phuket Man Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Elephants should be walking around the jungle. Simple as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon789561 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 13 minutes ago, AlexCanada said: Anything that an elephant wouldn't do in its natural habitat likely isn't right. i thought elephants could swim and it comes natural to them unlike humans who have to learn it a bit. could be wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The manic Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Elephants love water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamyai3 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 11 hours ago, snoop1130 said: Today the director of the Khao Kheow Open Zoo defended the spectacle as an innocent form of exercise. It all sounded great, till they started doing squat thrusts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinsdale Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 9 hours ago, AlexCanada said: Anything that an elephant wouldn't do in its natural habitat likely isn't right. Well elephants swim so you're saying it's ok?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petesc55 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 It was born with a snorkel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simoh1490 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 40 minutes ago, dinsdale said: Well elephants swim so you're saying it's ok?? I take it you've never seen elephants in the wild, they love the water and are at their happiest when rolling around in rivers etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon789561 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 1 hour ago, simoh1490 said: I take it you've never seen elephants in the wild, they love the water and are at their happiest when rolling around in rivers etc. Think you misunderstood his comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinsdale Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 1 hour ago, simoh1490 said: I take it you've never seen elephants in the wild, they love the water and are at their happiest when rolling around in rivers etc. If you look I'm replying to another post. This one: 11 hours ago, AlexCanada said: Anything that an elephant wouldn't do in its natural habitat likely isn't right. This was my reply. Well elephants swim so you're saying it's ok? I found the post from AlexCanada somewhat ambiguous. Your reply simoh1490 to me has absolutely nothing to do with this or you may have missed the bit in 8 words I typed which says ELEPHANTS SWIM.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simoh1490 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 2 hours ago, dinsdale said: If you look I'm replying to another post. This one: 11 hours ago, AlexCanada said: Anything that an elephant wouldn't do in its natural habitat likely isn't right. This was my reply. Well elephants swim so you're saying it's ok? I found the post from AlexCanada somewhat ambiguous. Your reply simoh1490 to me has absolutely nothing to do with this or you may have missed the bit in 8 words I typed which says ELEPHANTS SWIM.? Sorry if I misunderstood but I found several parts of that exchange to be ambiguous, even after reading it over again several times, your statement, "so you're saying it's ok" is as if to imply, it's not ok.....whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinsdale Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 29 minutes ago, simoh1490 said: Sorry if I misunderstood but I found several parts of that exchange to be ambiguous, even after reading it over again several times, your statement, "so you're saying it's ok" is as if to imply, it's not ok.....whatever. Your quote of me is incorrect. You have failed to include the question mark which of course makes it a question thus to elicit an answer. One cannot, however, express infleclection in the written word. Having said this I was simply trying to get a yes/no answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simoh1490 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, dinsdale said: Your quote of me is incorrect. You have failed to include the question mark which of course makes it a question thus to elicit an answer. One cannot, however, express infleclection in the written word. Having said this I was simply trying to get a yes/no answer. My quote of you is correct but it is incomplete, just to be pedantic. ? Let's move on shall we. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bermannor Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 On 8/28/2018 at 4:30 PM, AlexCanada said: Anything that an elephant wouldn't do in its natural habitat likely isn't right. Search on youtube "Elephant Swimming across the Zamezi River" Ok, it's an African elephant, so it might make a big difference for you. Tell this elephant, what he is doing is not right. Next time he will be relocated into the Namibian desert or Canada. And don't tell us it's a fake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bermannor Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 On 8/28/2018 at 4:40 PM, Phuket Man said: Elephants should be walking around the jungle. Simple as that. Tell that the elephants on the Zambezi river. By the way, it is in Africa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bermannor Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 23 hours ago, dinsdale said: Well elephants swim so you're saying it's ok?? Yes, wild elephants swim, not only bath when there is an opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darcula Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Yes, elephants do swim. It must be the chlorinated pools that give them their bad skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esso49 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 These elephants have free range to swim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Elephants have a great memory and will probably remember who did this to him/ her and if he gets a chance, stamp on them . Happened before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bermannor Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 37 minutes ago, balo said: Elephants have a great memory and will probably remember who did this to him/ her and if he gets a chance, stamp on them . Happened before. Source! Elephant stamped on mahout because he/she had to go in a pool filled with water. Did they had to force the elephant into the pool repeadetly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The manic Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 39 minutes ago, balo said: Elephants have a great memory and will probably remember who did this to him/ her and if he gets a chance, stamp on them . Happened before. Yeah sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bermannor Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 As you all see, the elephant doesn't like going into the pool, 555! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 19 hours ago, bermannor said: Source! Elephant stamped on mahout because he/she had to go in a pool filled with water. No not water . I can only think of news stories about the mahout beating the elephant who then gets upset and stamp on him . A couple of years ago we had a Scot who was killed in Thailand thanks to an idiot of a mahout . "Witnesses said that in the moments leading up to the attack, Golf had appeared upset and was refusing to follow Pamang's instructions, causing him to hit the elephant with a stick until he obeyed. Golf then attacked Pamang with its trunk before goring him in the chest with a tusk and rearing on its hind legs. Eilidh and her father were thrown from its back and the elephant then stomped and gored the father before running into a nearby forest. Witnesses said that just before the attack, the elephant - known as Golf - had appeared upset and refused to follow the instructions of the mahout who hit him several times with a hook. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bermannor Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 48 minutes ago, balo said: No not water . I can only think of news stories about the mahout beating the elephant who then gets upset and stamp on him . A couple of years ago we had a Scot who was killed in Thailand thanks to an idiot of a mahout . "Witnesses said that in the moments leading up to the attack, Golf had appeared upset and was refusing to follow Pamang's instructions, causing him to hit the elephant with a stick until he obeyed. Golf then attacked Pamang with its trunk before goring him in the chest with a tusk and rearing on its hind legs. Eilidh and her father were thrown from its back and the elephant then stomped and gored the father before running into a nearby forest. Witnesses said that just before the attack, the elephant - known as Golf - had appeared upset and refused to follow the instructions of the mahout who hit him several times with a hook. " That happens some time, most probably more often than we think because who reports of incidents of working elephant in e.g. Myanmar. But plenty of incidents on Youtube of temple elephants in India. Male elephants in must are most dangerous. Last month, there was an incident with2 elephants at an performance at Germa y's biggest circus where one elephant pushed another from the side and the attacked one fell close to spectators. The comment says, that the 2 elephants had already a quarrel the night before (bitch quarrel). The video clip shows, the mahouts (girls) had no chance to stop it. That is also the reason why elephants are leg chained at night in zoos. You never know when a hierarchy dispute breaks out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bermannor Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Who likes to be disturb during lunch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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