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American Tourists Leap 10 Feet Off an Out-of-Control Elephant in Thailand [Video]


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2 hours ago, BritScot said:

elephants are very dangerous animals when upset, angry or in Musk. 

I'd be pissed if I had to sleep with Elon.

 

And its musth or must, a Persian word.

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For god's sake...just leave all the "entertainement" animals of Thailand in peace and stop riding them as if it was  a Rodeo ....stop encouraging such trades that are harming other living creatures. You love animals ? Fine then give rather a donation to any animal shelter camp and get a selfie next to the animal with no physical contact - this shoud be enough to post and brag on the FB page, right ?

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Very disappointed with the lack of empathy shown by most all posters so far. 

And reading comprehension.  Do you guys go theough life looking at headlines.  I'll call you trumpets.   The guy looked like that karate actor but was dating a beautiful woman for a year.  And you fault them for riding an elephant in Thailand.   I just had a customer yesterday ask me things to do on an upcoming business trip with his wife.  He mentioned elephant rides.   Its one of the things non monger tourists think about experiencing in Thailand.  I did tell him no to elephants and sedated tiger posing for selfies. 

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Went with some family members to an elephant riding village last week.

We ended up in the wrong place and we were told it is no longer available there.

Instead you are giving a bunch of bananas and toy take the elephant for a walk.

The handler is right there along with you and he took about 50 pictures and some video.

A very nice experience,a lot better then the actual ride i did some 20 years ago.

After the walk you can wash the elephant and feed him some more.

You come away with a very good feeling,you interacted with a magnificent animal and you gained a friend.

 

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He says "you can see the guide trying to catch up on foot."

 

Could he have walked any more slowly? He wasn't making much effort to catch up at all. 

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6 hours ago, giddyup said:

Broken back and shattered pelvis? Did the elephant stomp on him? Thought maybe a sprained ankle from 10 ft.

 

At 1:47 in the video, but am I hearing this correctly?

"He just takes his trunk in his head and he starts crushing me into the ground. I heard bones breaking."

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Did this many years ago and our elephant got spooked and sprinted through the trees. Luckily the mahout was still onboard and managed to calm him down after a few minutes.

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Posted
8 hours ago, giddyup said:

Never forgave myself for watching a bullfight in Spain or buying a leopard skin in Uganda, but it was a different world then and we live and learn.

Unfortunately the Spanish and Ugandans don't.

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5 hours ago, SingAPorn said:

She looks hot !!...in heat... as the weather is getting hotter.

You don't always have to be funny to comment, you're more likely to be taken seriously if you can contribute something substantial to the discussion...:post-4641-1156694572:

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8 hours ago, chilli42 said:

Most proper vacation/short term insurance companies offer medevac as 

a standard option (local Thailand insurance companies).  I have gone on two modestly adventurous holidays in the past year.  The tour operators would not accept your booking unless you had medevac insurance. All said though, I would not be eager to put the policy to the test.  There is a huge price difference between the local medevac insurance policy and that purchased in the USA

 

Vacation/ short term travel insurances pevacuate you to a place where medical care can be provided, using in appropriate means of transport. There is no amount of cuts and fractures that cannot be treated and corrected in Thailand after being transported in an ambulance. The key being a flight back to your country is not medically necessary

 

Dreaming if you think you are getting a medevac flight from these policies,  Please read the exclusions, carefully.

 

During covid I purchased a full year of SafetyWing, 

 

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16 hours ago, giddyup said:

They've been riding donkeys on the beach at Brighton since 1945, only banned it last year. Seems abusing the poor old donkey previously was OK. As the song says "before you accuse me take a look at yourself"

Yes, they used to have elephants at Blackpool but couldn't source enough bananas.. so got donkeys. 

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23 hours ago, bobbin said:

I have done the elephant ride thing with my ex many years ago..

 

Shockingly high up... and you end up swaying from side to side.

 

Sad to hear they both suffered severe injuries.

How many times has this elephant been injured as its owner abuses it to make money

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Rode on an elephant for the first time this year with my wife and 3 year old.  I was more scared than the 3 year old.  What's terrifying is they had the elephant walk through a river and neither my wife nor 3 year old can swim, so I was thinking who would I save if the elephant flipped us off his back into the water.  Never again. 😬

Posted
21 hours ago, giddyup said:

Broken back and shattered pelvis? Did the elephant stomp on him? Thought maybe a sprained ankle from 10 ft.

In the video he says the elephant was pushing his trunk and head into him after he jumped off

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22 hours ago, giddyup said:

Never forgave myself for watching a bullfight in Spain or buying a leopard skin in Uganda, but it was a different world then and we live and learn.

Attended one Spanish bullfight 1st time abroad in 1973. Not only cruel but really really boring; the same old ritual played out over and over again.

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53 minutes ago, SunsetT said:

Attended one Spanish bullfight 1st time abroad in 1973. Not only cruel but really really boring; the same old ritual played out over and over again.

Yet the Spanish never seem to tire of it. 

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The obvious lesson and only answer is...

DON'T participate or support animal exploitation and abuseIt's just cruel, plain and simple. :post-4641-1156693976:

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On 11/1/2023 at 2:14 PM, BadSpottedDog said:

Just a few simple google searches would have revealed that it's not only dangerous for people to ride elephants, it's extreme cruelty to the elephant.

Is this the new and improved EU google search? I thought riding them into battle was what was bad, but OMG taking them for a joy ride along the river and give them food... And someone was thinking of It is time to abolish the death penalty in Thailand. What are they thinking about?

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Riding an elephant was one of the scarier things I did especially when the elephant decided to run off, I was sitting around it's neck one leg either side, didn't feel stable at all, didn't jump off, just waited for it to settle down 

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