The management at Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm and Zoo in Thailand has been ordered by the country’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation to remove two thin elephants from the park’s performance schedule until their health improves.
Following an outpour of complaints about the emaciated condition of the animals at Samutprakarn, officials examined them on Wednesday, according to spokesperson Sompote Maneerat.
The two elephants who have been removed from the circus-like acts are reportedly underweight because they lost some of their teeth and couldn’t chew food properly, which affected their ability to absorb nutrients — though management has also claimed to keep the animals thin so they’re able to perform dangerous tricks.
To rehabilitate the elephants’ health, the agency recommended that zoo management use pellet and chopped feed. They made the same recommendation for a half-blind horse who was not used in any shows but was found in the same condition as the elephants.
While the physical aspects of the zoo were, shockingly, approved by the inspectors, they suggested ways for the zoo to improve the quality of life of the confined animals, such as chimpanzees and tigers.
The zoo’s license was also out-of-date, the officials discovered. It had expired in April 2016 and the zoo was instructed to submit additional documents upon seeking renewal. However, this has not yet been done.
While we’re happy that the elephants are receiving a much-needed break from performing, we believe that it’s in their best interests to never have to perform again, or endure the decrepit conditions at this zoo, which fails miserably to provide the environment or care that wild animals need.
Lady Freethinker has started a petition campaigning for the elephants to be removed from Samutprakarn and relocated to a sanctuary, where they may live out the rest of their lives in freedom and peace.
SIGN: Free Emaciated Elephants Forced to Perform at Cruel Thai Zoo
Close the zoo. Boycott this country!!!!
This is so barbaric. when will people stop funding these horror shows? These are intelligent, sensitive creatures and don’t deserve to be held in captivity.
It seems Asian and orientals are the most disrespectful,cruelest and the lack of compassion and care and respect towards animals.. They make me sick!
Please take all of these animals away from this torture. This is not a “Zoo”. They deserve to live their lives out in a natural sanctuary with peace and love!
SHAME ON THIS THAI POLITICIANS WHO ARE ALLOWING THE MAJESTIC ANIMALS SUFFER LIKE SALVES. BEING A BUDDHIST COUNTRY IT IS EVEN MORE ABHORRENT TO REALIZE SUCH ANIMAL CRUELTY IS TAKING PLACE.
SHAME ON THESE GREEDY THAI ZOO OWNERS, KEEPRS AND ALL…
Animal abuse has to Stop
Okay, so this is a start, but what they really need is to be emancipated from this completely horrid living situation!
“Management has claimed to keep the animals thin so they’re able to perform dangerous tricks”.
Well, there ya go – that makes this perfectly OK (sarcasm alter).
A sanctuary, PLEASE!
The suffering of these elephants is heartbreakingly obvious. They should not even consider returning them to the ‘zoo’. It’s more like a torture chamber & they should be sent to a sanctuary to have the freedom they so rightly deserve.
NO MAS CIRCOS NI ZOOS CON ANIMALES ENFERMOS Y TRISTES !!!
REPUDIO LOS ANIMALES NO SON ESCLAVOS !!! ADEMAS JAMAS ENTEDERE LOS ANIMALES LES DAN DE COMER Y LOS HUMANOS LOS MALTRATAN QUE INDIGNO!
LIBERTAD A TODOS !
its a disgrace these poor elephants have to perform these demeaning tricks. these are the thinnest elephants I have ever seen.
Lady Freethinker has started a petition campaigning for the elephants to be removed from Samutprakarn and relocated to a sanctuary, where they may live out the rest of their lives in freedom and peace.
SIGN: Free Emaciated Elephants Forced to Perform at Cruel Thai Zoo
Animals should not be used for entertainment and mans greed.
They should live in peace and in the wild
Please help these elephants.
Inadmissible!
Please remove these elephants and allow them to live the rest of their lives in a proper environment!!
This is an easy one. Make sure if you or your friends go to Thailand you all walk right passed this zoo. Tell as many English speaking people why. The owners of this zoo are either blind, money mad or have no feelings at all for these animals. Please pass this on to anyone you know that is thinking of going to Thailand for a holiday.
I think that this zoo didn’t feed the poor elephants properly to begin with. There are no reasons for this but simple greed!! People should stop supporting these vile tourist traps. Other species suffer on a daily basis because people are fooled to believe that this is a humane thing. Don’t believe what you are told. Do your research and find truth.
I absolutely agree.
Thank you for helpful the elephants.
If all people would stick together and make it known to these low life circuses, zoos, and whatever that they will not patronize and are completely, and totally against any thing that suggests animal negligence or cruelty. And we should insist any group suspected of animal abuse turn the animals over to a reputable sanctuary.
I myself will never attend any thing that I don’t feel comfortable about.
Close down this zoo.
that place needs to be shut down for good and all the sent to respectable sanctuaries.
Well, that’s Thailand off my list of holiday resorts.
authorities waking up at last …
WTH??? Until there health Improves?? GET THEM OUT OF THERE FOREVER!!!
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