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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 ning is 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. for syrup at chemistry the vet at the camp there is no cause for concern either way but i think he have a problem because i think in the last 2 shots than now wall i think they last night here you walk our hour and made their share and it's not. fairly and

then they share and was really just to shut down the water. 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 50 meters away from sleeping area. for over 10 years he's been a hoot as the thai 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. or rod for me ordering is like a member of the family. argue that god 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 we were both on die. of the gun. day

begins with a decent breakfast an adult elephant eats about $200.00 kilos of food per day preferably graphs and believes. his eating mr sawyer takes care of business from the previous night. 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 and i've. got. over. that. before the boat 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. for a 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 a daily feat of strength for mr stewart. the riding seat alone weighs around 40 kilos mr sawyer says but ning scarcely feels the weight after all as an adult ball elephant ning weighs about $3.00 tonnes himself. while neighing 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. people most western tour operators have long since run. traditional camps

like this one from their catalogs as many animal welfare arrests 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. we do pro wine their culture way that we offer life about thai people and i often walk how do they how do we live if we did people read them all the story of the people from the outside how to ride on the elephants how the people use their life in the past in the past really go on the often we use the elephant out of the prize for patients until the poor station was banned in 1989 elephants in thailand were also used in forestry. now they only stock heavy logs to entertain 2 arrests. around $5000.00 elephants in total live in thailand today with around $3000.00 of

them in captivity. nina orthe and brassicas 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. so good welfare can easily be done in a riding camp if you provide the elephant with a enough good enough water enough for rest and and otherwise free from discomfort also. ning 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 and mark as a working and owner. has never known a life in the wild and he knows what the guest expect of him.

a young couple from china gets to right wing 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. some guests are bothered by the the most important tool of every man. i don't like because he. he picked the 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. cares i think it's too dangerous because i love it are there any mouth's. when you want. some they need to have lists right even the dog if you have something like that but are often the al quite . buker. so we mean that in a storm in need to be strong. lunch time in the camp time printing 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 and also to control the animals . while. winning is obstinate and doesn't react to my commands then i give him something to eat. if he's 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 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 of course. and actually due to this very brutal training method that is now 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 tourists. can only do so because they have been through a brutal training that it was. busy there 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. is unclear to what extent the brutal training methods are still practiced today. the better the camp remains vague when asked about the issues. in our town we tried to use the combination of post the them and make it he reinforced many. they don't know about the naked men what the father named as he thought many just

really as some 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 it in fact is not that. a nice long drink at the end of the day after 37 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 noticed about this is that with this kind of very close and almost so respectful relationship it has with its hands laughs and i think it's all so it's all in there like the management of that animal is based on 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. it's 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 tomorrow the whole thing will start again.

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