Crocodile farm and zoo at center of elephant abuse drama remains shut after pandemic

[webfact]

77kaoded Thai Caption: Shut up and all quiet, not yet open for business

 

77kaoded reported from Samut Prakan that the once popular Crocodile Farm and Zoo in the area remained shut as it has been for two years of the pandemic. 

 

An official vets' task force was sent to the facility after a person called Chayanan complained about cruelty to elephants being kept at the zoo while it's shut.

 

He described what he called "horrendous cruelty" as elephants were chained up all day long developing wounds on their legs.

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

He called it the most serious case of animal abuse in Thailand.

 

But the vets who went to investigate found that simply changing the chains relieved any problems. 

 

The elephants were in good mental shape too, was their assessment that largely dismissed Chaiyanan's claims as unsubstantiated. 

 

Picture: 77kaoded

 

77kaoded said they had tried and failed to contact the farm and zoo owner Uthen Yanpraphakorn without success. 

 

The facility was shut and he wasn't picking up. 

 

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[Pork Pie]

 

This place has been mistreating the animals for most (if not all) of its 72 years and all with impunity.

Despite years of tourists trying to highlight the cruelty of these captive beasts, little to nothing has been done.

I'm so glad that I live in a predominately Buddhist country.

 

[actonion]

Not one, but all of the dogs   that belong to Thai;'s in the village where we live are kept  in secured gardens  but  on   a  rope, or a chain, and never walked, one in particular a  young Husky  kept on a   2 foot piece of rope  died recently,    the Bear many years ago at the Pattaya Crocodile farm  kept sitting on a small length of chain..drugged up to its eyeballs why they keep animals  i dont know, so much for the Budda teachings 

[digger70]

8 hours ago, actonion said:

Not one, but all of the dogs   that belong to Thai;'s in the village where we live are kept  in secured gardens  but  on   a  rope, or a chain, and never walked, one in particular a  young Husky  kept on a   2 foot piece of rope  died recently,    the Bear many years ago at the Pattaya Crocodile farm  kept sitting on a small length of chain..drugged up to its eyeballs why they keep animals  i dont know, so much for the Budda teachings 

Buddha has got nothing to do with this ,It's about making money .

man will do anything to make money,from mistreating animals to killing their own mother.

[amykat]

Such a frustrating issue. Like why some Thai people seem to care about dogs but then try to keep pets in cages that are the size suited for coffins …cannot move …for birds, for cats, for dogs …what the hell are they thinking??

[hotchilli]

On 7/23/2022 at 5:45 AM, webfact said:

But the vets who went to investigate found that simply changing the chains relieved any problems. 

Possibly missing the point.