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they get into all the corners under the bush is into parts of the woods we can't reach a machine can't do that the sheep's footprints grazing on droppings get the turf into the state that nature needs. the sheep have spent numerous summers in the military zone and are well used to it so shepherd karl-heinz kinkel. generally whenever they're shooting even heavy fire you'd be amazed how fast they adapt if they do get frightened they huddle together. in germany large swathes of the natural environment to been wiped out chiefly through intensive farming the untamed land an army training areas is highly valuable in ecological terms. despite the bombs and grenades this unique environment get special protection. a majority of elephants live in captivity there are huge daughters to traction and have to perform tricks on command for the hordes of applauding tourists who visit them every year the
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streets are often perfect and by treating them repeatedly but the pandemic is part of the plan of incoming tourists while on the one hand this is good news for the elephants on the other their future their means threatened some of them now have received a new lease on life we accompanied an elephant rescue team to see for ourselves. just one look and she knows exactly which elephant is which she now has 80 of them each one has suffered lect child learn all their stories. until just a few years ago this elephant worked in a nearby riding camp as the conservationist explains he had to carry tourists around every day if he didn't obey his trainer would pierce is thick skin with
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a bull hook the tie activist has been working to protect elephants for 25 years with her foundation she aims to improve the lives of the packet derms donations and able her to buy up animals who've suffered especially harsh treatment most of the elephants have spent decades being ridden or in showbiz but in china elephant nature park they no longer have to work or be in chains paying guests are allowed to watch the elephants but nothing more. people come and visit they don't disturb a friend they just watch and be yours the money to come and the congress you're more and more. again and again like china learned has exposed animal abuse using a hidden camera for centuries wild elephants have been subjected to prolonged violent taming methods now there are laws in thailand that prohibit animal cruelty . but china says this has done little to change the taming practice known as
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elephant crushing. the thai everywhere and that now is the border of the view of the whole. lot of the brush raiding everywhere. the baby i call bravely you can see the blood when i walk on the. i have the will i have the totem pretend that i had ordered i don't care why i don't get that i don't get there. but up a lot of how i cry i cry with a lot of disappointed about when. i angry angry rip. read the paper that is. that. should a lecture and her team are once again on a rescue mission. this time the conservationists will collect 7 elephants from this riding camp southwest of bangkok and bring them to the reserve near chain mind the camp owners themselves contacted chandler's foundation and asked for help as hardly
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any tourists are coming to ride the elephants to the coronavirus pandemic. an adult elephant is usually worth about $2000000.00 baht or more than $50000.00 euros but due to the pandemic the animals have become more of a burden for their owners. it cost them nearly a $1000.00 euros a month for food and care. the funny part kyra is happy to at least get $1000000.00 baht per elephant from china its foundation. our situation has been dire since the start of the pandemic that we had to close the camp from. before but regardless of whether we're open or closed we still have to take care of the elephants and we need to feed them every day. we were allowed to reopen on july 1st but there are simply no visitors. that might make it.
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the convoy sets off in the early afternoon. unless things love them they love the game. as well as the feeling. that i'm hungry and no one. believes in them i think the journey old kids are. the next morning after a nearly 20 hour drive the convoy reaches its destination the elephant nature from north to change the team is exhausted lecture i learned has hardly slept but nothing can dampen her mood. all the happy because the journey is. elephant angry so yeah. i feel believe. that once the restraining bars have been removed it's time for the elephants to take their 1st cautious steps into a new life. for. good
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the newcomers will have to be isolated from the rest of the herd for 2 weeks in order to prevent the possible spread of disease. the rescuers freeze the animals from all their ropes and chains. no much so beautiful. vied it a new home for well over 100 elephants a home where they're no longer forced to put on a show where they can simply be elephants. the lives of women in india are changing slowly but steadily more of the women are getting an education and have despite this 28 team india the top of the list of countries considered most dangerous for women we met the founder of
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a nonprofit organization in mumbai was encouraging women to stand up against sexual violence and gender discrimination this brought us to the day to day struggle it's 5 steps forward 2 steps back 5 steps forward 2 steps back and the protest has to be a daily protest and you don't let the government know that. the fact that you had a child who was brutally gang raped and murdered as a crime of ethnic cleansing that you had political leaders across party lines state to the street with indian flag and in defense of this it's just something you've never seen before it was just no child's body should be subject to that kind of brutality let alone on religious grounds. i am
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a lawyer and a social activist back in august or anything. along with a group of fellow a young amazing family we started an organization she says which is a huge lead movement and even they had to fight against all sorts of gender based violence and discrimination and fight for equality. at that point i started receiving extremely. aggressive dead and retreads. if you know i'm following you i have people following you i know where you live i think the idea of a woman cleaning agency an idea of a woman a sort of a demanding for her rights a sort of the fighting for justice. scares all structures and these weak people the only thing that they can resort to do is quit online and threatening us thinking that that is somewhat weird to silence our voices. but well i'm still here i'm still fighting. and it's obviously taking
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a toll on them but i have an incredibly supportive family and my family is realizes that the walk really do. have a significant impact on people's lives. everything is stuff bill object to you being a woman will object to you being young they'll object to your very best and close the object to you very make up they'll object to your speaking english. object to you. fighting against discrimination based on religion they will object to you for raising your voice too much there's this notion of. there's this notion not to speak up and fight for your rights but do so politely you know without offending people too much. i dream that we don't pass on these realities to our future generations as accepted b.
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of life that mothers don't have to tell their daughters marital rape is a view of life you just have to adjust to it i dreamed. you know more children are not being subject to child sexual abuse like so many of the world. i dream. that. equality would be a normal way of life and would have many. my dream is do you know because she says do not be needed. now each one of us has access to a new lease on life many junk joseph our life it comes down to how we grab it and wrong with it i hope to be as episode has inspired you to take a step in that direction i'll see you again next week until then please stay safe and dig good care of yourselves and your loved ones go back.
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