the least of which are areas of. do it yourself network or the new glomax channel. and don't miss out. the only order is history the world is reorganizing itself and the media's role is keep shifting powers the topic in focus at the global media forum 2019 for the laboratory of digital age. who are we following whom do we trust debate and shape the future at the doj abella global media forum 2019 the place made for minds. as an attraction even if he never wanted it this way. the 30 year old male elephant lives in chiang mai

a northern province of thailand. here tourists can ride elephants and admire their acrobatics yet many animal welfare organizations are convinced that young elephants in captivity are subjected to a cruel procedure to make them tame. the management of the elephant camp would rather not talk about whether ning and his fellow elephants have been tortured in this way. it's early in the morning just after 7 o'clock. restless maybe the bull elephant is waiting for his working day to finally begin but maybe he just wants to break free of the chain which keeps him tethered to his sleeping area every night. chemistry

the vet at the camp there is no cause for concern either way. i think he have a problem with ha saved being in the last 2 shots and all i have been. while the ra and made their share and is not. freely and then they share and was really just to shut down. mr sawyer gets ready for his working day at around half past 6 every morning too he lives in this house with his family barely 15 metres away from sleeping area. for over 10 years he's been ings man who has the type people call the handlers of the working elephants. as i'm a hoot mr sawyer is responsible for feeding and taking care of me but his chief role is akin to that of a tamer even if he prefers to see himself as a partner. for me ordering is like

a member of the family. and i'll tell you that got our relationship is based on love and mutual respect. he's been living with me now for over 10 years just like you would like with family or a good friend. and you've got a lot of. things day begins with a decent breakfast an adult elephant eats about $200.00 kilos of food per day preferably grass and leaves. his eating mr sawyer takes care of business from the previous night so he then finally frees the elephant from his twisted shackles but even during the day it's a life in chains for all of the 79 elephants in the camp ning is obviously used to the routine. does not like being rushed in the early morning. so. over.

before the bull hook has to be used decides to get moving after all his daily shower awaits he can always eat his breakfast on the way. it's almost an hour until the 1st tourists will be sitting on the back before they come he has to go through the elephant wash as he does every morning. little. only a few commands are required for his morning grooming and mr sawyer are a close knit team. so. after his early scrub the elephant is saddled up on a daily feat of strength for mr stuart. the riding seat alone weighs around 40 kilos mr sawyer says that ning scarcely feels the weight after all as an adult ball elephant weighs about $3.00 tonnes himself.

well meaning and mr sawyer making their way to the start of the ride the 1st guests are eagerly waiting as is mostly the case the visitors are nearly all chinese. most western tour operators have long since removed traditional pants like this one from their catalogs as many animal welfare assists in europe or the usa consider writing operating the elephants as cruelty to animals. the camps marketing officer sees no fault with the traditional concept that. we do a pro wine their culture way then we all fly about thai people and often walk how do they how do we live with the people read the amman story of the people from the outside how to ride on the elephant how their people use the elephant in the past in the past me read go on the often be yourself and have prize for patients until

the forestation was banned in 1989 elephants in thailand were also used in forestry . now they only stack heavy logs to entertain 2 arrests. and go out around $5000.00 elephants in total live in thailand today with around $3000.00 of them in captivity. nina earthman brask is a danish biologist she advises elephant camps on how to combine 2 or isn't better with animal welfare she thinks that in a perfect world elephants would be free not held in captivity but the reality is a different one in thailand now it's about maintaining certain basic standards at least. so good welfare can easily be done in a riding camp if you provide the elephant with shade enough good enough water enough for rest and and otherwise free from discomfort also. knowing whose name means number one in the thai language is the star among the elephants in the county it

has the longest tusks of all the elephants. the camp has been his home for over 20 years. prior to that he lived in a mountain village on the border to me in march as a working animal. has never known a life in the wild and he knows what the gas expect of him. or. a young couple from china gets to riding 1st the elephant doesn't seem to mind who sits on his back as long as he has the right snacks for the journey. the shortest route. i'd last almost 30 minutes and costs around 20 euros longer rides are also possible. ning knows the route by heart in a normal day he gives 5 rides the visitors are usually thrilled. so you know what it was already wobbly at the beginning but then it's a pretty good feeling on. what. some guests are bothered by the bull the

most important tool of every. yard i don't like because here. is a stick i don't like. i like all that that's. the can't manager tells us that in some situations it takes more than the soft touch to control the elephants no one and no one. cares i think it's too dangerous because elephants are the only mouth. when you where. some days you have lists even the dog you have something like that but often they are whites much more bigger. so we mean the instore men need to be strong. lunchtime in the camp time for ning to do what he always does for mr sawyer it's his 1st meal since breakfast but he doesn't need 200 kilos

of food pre-date to keep up his strength. mr so explains how important it is that the elephants have enough food also to control the animals. so far winning is obstinate and doesn't react to my commands then i give him something to eat. if you still in a bad mood i have to use my bull hook just a little pack is usually enough to calm him down love all we have little he called the union like on. nina or thin brask tells us that a lack of transparency constantly impedes her work. in particular the camp's management refuses to talk to her about the training of young elephants. historically they have used. a very brutal way of training the young elephants to make them listen to them hooks. and actually due to this very brutal training method that is now in what is deterring many tourists from going into the much

additional camps because it is a firm belief that all elephants and to do show is to do any sort of entertainment for guests and forest. can only do so because they have been through a brutal training that everyone. busy knows are available on the internet showing the cruelty and valving breaking in the elephants as it is called it is not known exactly where and when these films were. not the brutal procedure can take up to a month the animal is only freed once it stops fighting back. this method was practiced for centuries in the entire region today there are laws against cruelty to animals in thailand but if no one complains it seems not to be an issue. it is unclear to what extent the brutal training methods are still practiced today . that at the camp remains vague when asked about the issue. in our town we

tried to use the combination all. the them and make it he reinforcement. they don't know about it make if he would be. the father and i guess he had many just a really as ratio to them and when i left and do the right thing we removed. a lot of the hooded that being. he had hinted that. in fact is not that. a nice long drink at the end of the day after a good 7 hours with the writing seat on his back name's working day is over so just mr sawyer has to work hard. but.

one of the things i notice about this is that with this kind of very close and almost so respectful relationship it has with its hands less and i think it's all so it's all in there like the management of that animal is based on a mutual respect and not so much. who's who who's got a weapon or not. named mr sawyer on the way back to the sleeping area. suddenly the elephant stops in his tracks he needs to have a scratch these concrete pillars are just the thing to relieve his it. is one of the few moments when one can simply do as he likes with no drills or commands. and then it's shackle time again and. will spend the next 14 hours tethered to the spot. later on mr sawyer will bring him fresh food. and

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