[ [link removed] ]A tiny elephant calf shelters under an adult elephant in an enclosure.
The adult elephant's leg is chained.
John,
Tiny elephant calves are torn from their mothers, wailing, then bound with
chains and ropes, jabbed with metal hooks, and confined to tiny enclosures
for days at a time.
The reason for this unimaginable cruelty? To make them submissive
enough to be safe for tourists.
Then, these intelligent, caring animals are forced into a lifetime in
captivity giving rides to tourists. Experts all agree it's inhumane and
should be banned…but a shocking 1,200 travel companies in the UK are STILL
advertising cruel elephant rides and performances.
More than 38,000 of us have already taken action, demanding travel
companies stop fueling this torture, but we’re not going to stop there.
Our team has a plan to turn up the heat with winning tactics like taking
out our own counter ads exposing the cruel truth behind elephant rides,
staging protests and stunts outside the travel companies' offices, and
launching people-powered campaigns to hold toxic companies accountable.
We’re ready to go, but just need the funds to make it possible.
John, will you chip in to stop the baby elephant torture?
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After being taken as babies and beaten into submission to endure a
lifetime of captivity, elephants can’t be released back into the wild. But
they can go to sanctuaries to recover from their trauma where tourists can
observe them from afar, generating tourist income and providing local
communities with jobs.
More than 50 travel companies, including major brands like TripAdvisor and
Lonely Planet, have stopped advertising elephant rides. But big travel
companies like Travel Holdings, SITA World Tours, and more than 1,200
other companies in the UK are more concerned with their profits.
As a result, tourists are being tricked into thinking that paying for
elephant rides is supporting the animals and their conservation. But all
it’s doing is increasing demand for the exploitation of baby elephants.
We’re going to change that by launching a massive public pressure campaign
to put the companies profiting off this cruelty on notice that if they
don't change course, their bottom lines will suffer. Our tried-and-tested
tactics exposing this cruel trade will call them out by name – and we’re
not going to stop until we win.
As it gets colder in the northern hemisphere, travel companies ramp up
their advertising for elephant riding in warmer countries like Thailand.
So it’s urgent we turn up the pressure to expose the travel companies for
profiting off of animal cruelty – and launch people-powered campaigns to
fight toxic corporate power everywhere. Are you in?
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Your donation will power Ekō and our campaigns worldwide fighting for
people and the planet.
Thanks for all that you do,
Allison and the Ekō team
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More information:
[ [link removed] ]Adverts for ‘cruel’ elephant rides still rising despite new UK law,
says charity The Guardian 20 October 2024
[ [link removed] ]Elephant training process known as ‘the crush’ revealed in rarely-seen
footage The Independent 24 June 2020
Ekō is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable path for our global economy.
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