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PETA Asia eyewitness footage
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Festival being repeatedly struck and gouged with bullhooks—spear-like weapons
with a sharp hook on one end—and their ears being violently yanked. Mahouts (handlers) also beat frightened elephants with other weapons, such as sticks
and makeshift wooden knives.

One mahout can be seen repeatedly jabbing a baby elephant behind the ear to force her to "play" soccer. Right after the match,
eyewitnesses saw that she was suffering from several fresh, painful, bloody wounds .


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When these elephants aren't being forced to perform at this festival, they're
used for rides by tourists visiting Chitwan. Elephants who are forced to "play" soccer or give rides are controlled through
physical violence and psychological domination. They're chained and beaten with bullhooks or other weapons and constantly
threatened with violence to keep them afraid and submissive.

Elephants used for polo games, rides, shows, and other forms of entertainment
suffer tremendously. Even when not performing, they're typically deprived of
everything that's natural and important to them.


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Last year, more than a dozen companies dropped their support of the King's Cup
Elephant Polo Tournament in Thailand after a PETA Asia eyewitness exposé
revealed abuse similar to that documented in Nepal, and the tournament's
organizers ceased their operations in Thailand—making the Chitwan Elephant
Festival the only event in the world in which elephants are shamefully abused
for and forced to "play" polo.

Since hearing from PETA and our affiliates, Renault, MINISO, and Carlsberg Group
have cut ties with the Chitwan Elephant Festival. However, Mount Everest Group,
an advertiser at the festival, has no plans to stop supporting it. Please join PETA in urging the company to make the compassionate decision
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Thank you for your compassion for animals.

Sincerely yours,



Tracy Reiman
Executive Vice President
PETA

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