Wednesday, February 03, 2016

Nasty way to go

Elephant in Thailand kills British tourist in front of his teenage daughter | Home News | News | The Independent

I wouldn't have thought there was much danger of this happening on a tourist elephant ride.  And statistically, I suppose there isn't.  But it would still make me reconsider getting on the back of one for fun.

2 comments:

John said...

Nasty way to go but we damn well know those animals are tortured into being our play things. I would never support such an activity.

Steve said...

To be honest, I know nothing of the issue of maltreatment of elephants in Thailand or India. (Well, I may have read something about it, but some of the handler/elephant interactions on some documentaries I've seen didn't look a problem to me.)