On 10/6/2021 at 7:24 AM, Doctor Tom said:

You do what is done for many animals by other, more caring countries, you  re educate them to live in the wild and then protect that environment long term. Its hardly rocket science. Many organisations have been doing the same for big cats and primates for many many years. The Mahouts are largely low lifes who exploit the animals for no good reason and then bleat when that exploitation can't go on. 

The elephants will have starved to death by the time they have been re-trained. They need food now ????

Elephants eat a lot of food, just type in White Elephant in google and read all about

it. They are not cheap anywhere in the world, to keep.

Geezer

I will have an elephant step on my testicles before I get on one and ride it around.  

 

This ridiculous practice should have been banned long ago.  Look at what's happening - these animals are starving to death.

 

 

Perhaps the very wealthy Chang Corporation could donate a few bob for the namesake.

On 10/7/2021 at 11:21 PM, Letseng said:

The elephants will have starved to death by the time they have been re-trained. They need food now ????

So is your argument 'then don't start the process'?  Thats rather defeatist,  Such a programme should be financed by government in the first instance.  As I say, not exactly rocket science.  Many African countries, poorer than Thailand, have been doing this for decades.  But as this gov., don't even care about their own poor people, I have no confidence that anything will be done.