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A good way to be kinder to elephants is to stop riding them

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Down to Earth

Publication Date
2020-12-14

Elephants are chained to small dirt circles, covered in faeces and are only allowed a brief moment of reprieve from their tethers to unwillingly carry around tourists on their backs. While this may sound like some sort of elephant prison, it is actually what a normal day at the Mason Elephant Park and Lodge at Bali looked like just before the park shut down because of the novel coronavirus disease pandemic.

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https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/wildlife-and-biodiversity/a-good-way-to-be-kinder-to-elephants-is-to-stop-riding-them-74639