Height of optimism
catch an elephant by the tail :
A mahout is trying to control an elephant by its tail in a timber
workshop.
Kollam, Kerala, India.
This photo was taken on November 23, 2005.
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_miti_ added this photo to his favorites. (79 months ago)
_miti_ (79 months ago | reply)
lovely shot
416style (79 months ago | reply)
wonder what those ankle cuffs are for. are these animals treated okay?
_rise_ added this photo to their favorites. (79 months ago)
amihai (79 months ago | reply)
amazing
lightplays (79 months ago | reply)
Funny and interesting
GirlWithBigEyes (79 months ago | reply)
I guess this is better than the usual way - using long sharp pole kind of things to poke the poor things with!
Saad.Akhtar (79 months ago | reply)
Optimism.
praveen757 (79 months ago | reply)
Kalakkeeda mone
:Antonio (79 months ago | reply)
Wow
:Antonio added this photo to his favorites. (79 months ago)
Finiky (79 months ago | reply)
hopefully the elephant can be free someday.
bfraz (79 months ago | reply)
Wouldn't catch me trying that! great shot!
classyguy added this photo to his favorites. (79 months ago)
jkster107 (79 months ago | reply)
What I've heard: they use the cuffs when they are young to tie them to a small ring... like you would a dog in the backyard. It tries to pull away, but it's not quite big enough to make it. It'll resign itself to the cuff.
When the elephant is older, they use the same ring. When it feels the cuff, it thinks that it's still stuck tight, and it won't try to pull the ring out. This way, they don't need a huge mount to tie the elephant off to.
I'd bet the tail pulling has the same concept behind it.
Nick Douglas added this photo to his favorites. (79 months ago)
dhyanji (79 months ago | reply)
thank u for all the comment. i am happy that u all liked the photo. esp. praveen's kalekkkeda mone.
the cuffs wont hurt. its like anklet. its heavy though. the cuffs are used to tie the elephant to the pole or tree. or it is difficult to control especially younger ones.
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JimReeves (79 months ago | reply)
Like this one.
nep75 (79 months ago | reply)
I can't help feeling sorry for the elephant...any entity that serves in bondage.
Great pic, though!
dlemieux (79 months ago | reply)
I feel sorry for such a magnificent, intelligent creature.
Jeff Wheeler added this photo to his favorites. (79 months ago)
Yorick... (79 months ago | reply)
I am sorry for the elephant too...
Check out by yourself how an elephant is tamed.
Barbaric is a gentle word.
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Several people are still trying to change things here in Thailand with litle if not unsignificant effect. The most they can do is very often to welcome hurted animal that cannot work anymore in special camps.
abel groenewolt, inba.rajan, Ashwini Krishnamurthy, and ElDave added this photo to their favorites.
S.Guruvayurappan (72 months ago | reply)
Any way it is high time to stop the cruelity to these SOFT minded creatures
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dhyanji (69 months ago | reply)
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_maverick_ (69 months ago | reply)
that looks really tricky
challenge this if you can
Sparkle Rae (69 months ago | reply)
Well, a trick I wouldn't try! 1-2-3 Pets
bazusa (69 months ago | reply)
Now, that's a big pet! Nice shot.
1-2-3 pets
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