German man in Pattaya seriously injured after being attacked by an elephant

[BritManToo]

19 hours ago, wwest5829 said:

He was warned and ignored the warning? I do not understand your response.

So if your neighbour buys a pit bull and tells you it's dangerous so you're not to walk past his house anymore, you're OK with that?

 

No, it's up to people who own dangerous animals to keep them safely locked away or destroy them.

Edited August 26, 2019 by BritManToo

[Kinnock]

25 minutes ago, hobobo said:

General Hannibal crossed the Alps with his elephants into Italy over 2,200 years ago!

No bicycles back then. 

[hobobo]

6 minutes ago, Kinnock said:

No bicycles back then. 

They just tied two together and called them Chariots, they even came with one or two horse powers

[wwest5829]

52 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

So if your neighbour buys a pit bull and tells you it's dangerous so you're not to walk past his house anymore, you're OK with that?

 

No, it's up to people who own dangerous animals to keep them safely locked away or destroy them.

Nope, as the owner is responsible for his domestic pet ... while calling on law enforcement to explain the law to the owner, I will also be careful not to challenge the animal. Equating a domestic pet with an elephant is a bit of a reach, don’t you think?

Edited August 26, 2019 by wwest5829

[snowgard]

On 8/24/2019 at 6:06 PM, Myran said:

What? A huge and obviously potentially dangerous elephant is by the road, and you're saying it makes sense that the German guy didn't listen to the warnings of other people because "he cycles down that soi every day"?

 

That's got to be the most brain dead reasoning I've read all week.

Wow, what a clever comment!!! Did you thought about that the advice maybe was in Thai, because this is Thailand and the most elephant caretaker speak only THAI and maybe a little bit english but for sure not german??? 

Looks like your comment is a bit brain dead if you don't know what the german understand.

Did ou ever try to talk to a driving bicycle rider and checked out what him/she had understand?

I believe this ia again just a poor excuse that the let run a wild dangerous elephant in public land and thez not want pay the bill. 

Edited August 26, 2019 by snowgard

[Myran]

11 hours ago, snowgard said:

Wow, what a clever comment!!! Did you thought about that the advice maybe was in Thai, because this is Thailand and the most elephant caretaker speak only THAI and maybe a little bit english but for sure not german??? 

Looks like your comment is a bit brain dead if you don't know what the german understand.

Did ou ever try to talk to a driving bicycle rider and checked out what him/she had understand?

I believe this ia again just a poor excuse that the let run a wild dangerous elephant in public land and thez not want pay the bill. 

Hahaha. That's it, buddy, dig yourself even deeper.

 

It is clear by reading the text (that is, if you possess at least a basic level of reading comprehension), that the elephant had already been spotted by everyone involved, and that the German was advised to leave the area.

 

"The elephant then became more distressed and charged"

 

Go take an English class or two, since you obviously have difficulties in understanding it.

[Airbagwill]

"The elephant had recently been brought to Pattaya to perform for tourists"- why do they STILL do this??????

 

I hope the background of this animal has a full provenance too.

[Airbagwill]

On 8/26/2019 at 11:40 AM, wwest5829 said:

Equating a domestic pet with an elephant is a bit of a reach, don’t you think?

although not a domesticated animal, captive elephants are governed by justt about the same laws as a pet dog or pickup truck.

[wwest5829]

4 minutes ago, Airbagwill said:

although not a domesticated animal, captive elephants are governed by justt about the same laws as a pet dog or pickup truck.

And where does that leave us in Thailand ....

[Airbagwill]

43 minutes ago, wwest5829 said:

And where does that leave us in Thailand ....

with a national disgrace.

[jumbo]

Damn... TM30, Keeping the THB too high and now trained elephants to chase us law abiding farang away

What will they think of next??

[RJRS1301]

3 hours ago, Airbagwill said:

"The elephant had recently been brought to Pattaya to perform for tourists"- why do they STILL do this??????

 

I hope the background of this animal has a full provenance too.

Did not graduate from the Ms Prism school of etiquette it appears 

[gunderhill]

On 8/24/2019 at 3:57 PM, Jonathan Fairfield said:

The elephant had recently been brought to Pattaya to perform for tourists.

Theres  ya  problem right there!

[gunderhill]

On 8/24/2019 at 4:37 PM, sunnyboy2018 said:

They have been involved with humans for over a thousand years. 

"unwillingly"

[Airbagwill]

On 8/24/2019 at 4:37 PM, sunnyboy2018 said:

They have been involved with humans for over a thousand years. 

What are we meant to infer from that?

Your time period is too vague and you don't really know how long?

Humans are adept at torturing elephants?

Because we've been abusing elephants for a long time, elephants should be better behaved?

Because we've been abusing elephants for a long time, elephants should be used to it?

Elephants should have set up an embassy by now?

[Airbagwill]

it doesn't matter how badly reported the incident is, it still raises the issues surrounding the abuse of elephants for the benefit of tourism. Even if this story was apocryphal, it negates nothing; there are plenty of other well reported instances that support criticism of the current situation

[CharlieH]

Troll post leading to flames and bickering removed.

[moonseeker]

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40501667

Enough said... Just sad, but will hardly change with certain countries. Totally indefensible situation. MS>