#Laos

 Festival

of

Elephants


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 2. If the festival elephants are an example of how captive elephants are cared for in #Laos then Laotians should be deeply ashamed. #FestivalOfElephants @laostourism @destinationlaos @explorelaos @discover_laos pic.twitter.com/bezxcOgRg3


3. Elephants covered in wounds, bullhooks piercing elephant skin and nails being stabbed into elephants everywhere you turn! THIS IS the #FestivalOfElephants @laostourism @destinationlaos @explorelaos @discover_laos



4. How does a graphic display of elephant abuse & exploitation help save #Lao elephants from extinction? #FestivalOfElephants @LaotianDreaming @laostourism pic.twitter.com/6rHtGu0JjF



 5. #Laos Once known as 'the land of a million elephants' yet now populations have declined drastically to critical levels! Yet Laos considers this elephant torture to be a message of conservation!  @laostourism @destinationlaos @explorelaos @discover_laos pic.twitter.com/TJ7jjUC7yl 


6. The Laos ‘Festival of Elephant Cruelty’ happening right now! 😢 @laostourism @destinationlaos @explorelaos @discover_laos #FestivalOfElephants pic.twitter.com/Ypxqt8NB2m




7. Does #Laos really think this is what tourists want to see, elephants bullied & brutalised into performing tricks? @laostourism @destinationlaos @explorelaos @discover_laos #FestivalOfElephants #Laos #EthicalTravel pic.twitter.com/IZVRyDKntk



8. @laonews @euinlaos @RadioFreeAsia @LaotianDreaming @laophattana @LaotianTimes @tholakhong 🐘 at the #FestivalOfElephants are forced into unnatural & damaging poses for our entertainment. Shouldn’t we have evolved past this bullying & cruelty? #Laos pic.twitter.com/BZbbTEbgWl  


9. @laonews @euinlaos @RadioFreeAsia @LaotianDreaming @laophattana @LaotianTimes @tholakhong A young calf with an unspeakably cruel fishhook over her ear at the #FestivalOfElephants in #Laos #AnimalAbuse pic.twitter.com/WnryUKWi7J



10. @laonews @euinlaos @RadioFreeAsia @LaotianDreaming @laophattana @LaotianTimes @tholakhong Instruments of elephant torture seen in use EVERYWHERE at the grim #FestivalOfElephants in #Laos pic.twitter.com/oE8RYZkTJl



11. @laonews @euinlaos @RadioFreeAsia @LaotianDreaming @laophattana @LaotianTimes @tholakhong At the #FestivalOfElephants many of the elephants have multiple wounds and scars a sure sign of the brutality they have been subjected to #Laos



12. @laonews @euinlaos @RadioFreeAsia @LaotianDreaming @laophattana @LaotianTimes @tholakhong at the #FestivalOfElephants the sickening sight of mahouts brutalising elephants into compliance is unavoidable! pic.twitter.com/EsnwFQAWAO





13. @laonews @euinlaos @RadioFreeAsia @LaotianDreaming @laophattana @LaotianTimes @tholakhong The 🌍 is evolving past using wild animals for entertainment, why continue with the archaic #FestivalOfElephants which only portrays #Laos and its people in a very poor light?


14. @laonews @euinlaos @RadioFreeAsia @LaotianDreaming @laophattana @LaotianTimes @tholakhong A #FestivalOfElephants showing how to use, exploit & brutalise elephants achieves NOTHING for conservation #Laos #Barbaric #AnimalAbuse



15. @laonews @euinlaos @RadioFreeAsia @LaotianDreaming @laophattana @LaotianTimes @tholakhong The message that man can use wild animals for entertainment at will is NOT a  conservation message, quite the opposite! #FestivalOfElephants #Laos #Sayaboury



16. @laonews @euinlaos @RadioFreeAsia @LaotianDreaming @laophattana @LaotianTimes @tholakhong Riding an elephant most especially in a chair is an act of cruelty https://www.wheregoesrose.com/why-you-shouldnt-ride-elephants/ #RideabikeNotanelephant #Animalabuse




17. @laonews @euinlaos @RadioFreeAsia @LaotianDreaming @laophattana @LaotianTimes @tholakhong @BBCNewsAsia Elephants are a keystone species that help to regenerate forests they are NOT for our entertainment! https://www.oneearth.org/species-of-the-week-asian-elephant/ #FestivalOfElephants #Laos




18. @laostourism @destinationlaos @explorelaos @discover_laos #Laos could set an example in focusing on developing ethical tourism with educational venues where people can watch elephants being elephants?  #Ecotourism #EthicalTravel pic.twitter.com/hfZeO7LyvT




19. @laostourism @destinationlaos @explorelaos @discover_laosElephants are much like us they value family, are highly intelligent, feel pain and have wide ranging emotions… imagine how they suffer in slavery?  #FestivalOfElephants pic.twitter.com/JFCjPNGb5c


20. At the #Laos #FestivalofElephants mere children are taught to brutalise NOT respect elephants 😢 @laonews @euinlaos @RadioFreeAsia @LaotianDreaming @laophattana @LaotianTimes @laosnews2011 @lao_news @tholakhong pic.twitter.com/sRPI9dkIGg


21. Elephants have deep family bonds, females remain with their mothers for life & males for at least 10+ years. Why has this calf been intentionally separated from her mother at the  #FestivalOfElephants ? #AnimalAbuse #Laos pic.twitter.com/KNoAGaKUto



22. @laonews @lao_news @euinlaos @BBCNewsAsia @RadioFreeAsia @LaotianDreaming @laophattana @LaotianTimes Elephant are not the only species to face horrific suffering at #FestivalOfElephants 'Duck Hoopla’? #Laos what are you teaching your children? #Cruelty pic.twitter.com/QfXwSgwKAn



23. Each day elephants @ #FestivalOfElephants are forced to parade, perform, paint, give rides. Showing the world, the uncivilised uneducated side of #Laos & putting tourists off visiting! @laostourism @destinationlaos @explorelaos @discover_laos @lao_news pic.twitter.com/xJm9WTgSlG



24. @laonews @lao_news @BBCNewsAsia @RadioFreeAsia @LaotianDreaming The heart-breaking sight of a tiny baby already covered in bullhook scars and draped in chains at the #Festivalofelephants #Laos #Sayaboury pic.twitter.com/5R0xnddz9b




25. @LaotianDreaming @lao_news @laosnews2011 No elephants in #Laos by the year 2030!! So why are the government not focused on protecting captive elephants from abuse through education and welfare legislation rather than holding the cruel #FestivalofElephants https://thediplomat.com/2019/01/can-the-land-of-a-million-elephants-survive-the-belt-and-road/




26. Elephants are brutalised into performing tricks like those seen at the #FestivalofElephants in #Laos they perform out of FEAR not willingness! Shouldn’t we be better than bullying & brutalising the voiceless for entertainment in 2023? pic.twitter.com/y4bPXxMUcp




27. @laonews @lao_news @BBCNewsAsia @RadioFreeAsia @LaotianDreaming Most of the elephants participating in #FestivalofElephants are used for logging & know only simple commands, they are brutalised into performing circus tricks for the festival especially the older elephants 🤬




28. Many elephants are seen exhibiting stereotypical behaviour at the #FestivalOfElephants This repetitive swaying & bobbing is indicative of stress and/or distress in elephants @laonews @lao_news @BBCNewsAsia @RadioFreeAsia @LaotianDreaming #Laos #Sayaboury pic.twitter.com/rLgBs1hEkw





29. Take heed #Laos @laonews @lao_news @BBCNewsAsia @RadioFreeAsia @LaotianDreaming @laophattana @tholakhong #FestivalOfElephants #AnimalAbuse pic.twitter.com/BFHfGR5IlF 👇👇👇





30. #Laos is rich in culture both beautiful & fascinating, why soil this with a festival that features the torture of innocent animals? @laostourism @destinationlaos @explorelaos @discover_laos @LaotianDreaming #FestivalofElephants #CrueltyNotCulture pic.twitter.com/TNyxVrNhLD




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32. A baby who should still be with mum, instead wounded & afraid with a cruel fishhook over her ear she is at this macabre festival! #Laos what are you teaching your children? What happened to your Buddhist principles? @LaotianDreaming #FestivalofElephants pic.twitter.com/fPyPd357gg 

33. Some of the sponsors of the cruel #FestivalofElephants #Laos are #DaoCoffee and #Beerlaos @beerlaouk @CarlsbergGroup aren't you ashamed of supporting this cruelty!  #CorporateResponsibility pic.twitter.com/kltSX0I0d3


34. Unable to rest properly in an alien place, then subjected to stress & worked all day long without respite, many of the elephants at #FestivalofElephants are visibly exhausted 😢 #Laos @LaotianTimes @lao_news pic.twitter.com/BnCCxG1DDk



35. Poor calf No. 50 was terrified & wanted to flee at the #FestivalofElephants parade. She is repeatedly jabbed with the bullhook in front of the baying crowds. Is torturing young animals’ part of 🇱🇦 culture? @laonews @lao_news @laostourism @BBCNewsAsia pic.twitter.com/kVa6qfUSOU



36. 📢Listen up #Laos - Elephant abuse is Simply Ugly! The #FestivalofElephants is the most graphic display of elephant cruelty to happen anywhere in the world! @LaotianDreaming @laostourism @destinationlaos @explorelaos @discover_laos pic.twitter.com/kHYlBGMVcq



37. No elephant escapes the bullhook at the #FestivalofElephants even the calves! 🤬 @laonews @lao_news @BBCNewsAsia @RadioFreeAsia @LaotianDreaming @laostourism pic.twitter.com/7dEebbFATL



38. Elephants painting! An unnatural activity only done under duress! L👀k out for the mini bullhook or nail concealed in the mahouts left hand used to jab the sensitive trunk of the poor elephant 😢#FestivalofElephants #Laos pic.twitter.com/J7nYisORqv