When Ringling Bros. Retires Its Elephants, This is Where They Live | National Geographic
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- Amid scrutiny for the handling of their performing elephants, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced in March of this year that they will be removing elephants from their shows by 2018. The retired elephants will be brought to the Ringling Bros. Center for Elephant Conservation in Polk City, Florida. To help ensure the conservation of the Asian elephant, the animals will continue to be bred and studied at the center, with assisted reproduction and research into the diseases that plague them. Here, Ringling Bros. staff were given the opportunity to talk about the work being done to save the Asian elephant.
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"They don't have to walk 30 or 40 miles a day for food and water" Dude they literally are used to doing that in the wild, it's in their nature. The only thing I'll agree with is that he is right that they're safe from poachers.
@alwaysreadin163
There are four subspecies Asian elephants.
1. Bornean
2. Indian
3. Sri Lankan
4. Sumatran
ain't no way in hell elephants stand on their heads by themselves..stop lying.. trying to just this mess and abuse..smh
Johnnie MCFadden & Crissie Morris I bet he has never even seen an elephant in the WILD (let alone a wild one standing on it's head. I tried to add two photos I have showing HORRIFIC physical damage from BULL HOOKS to two elephant calves, but YT will not allow it. Sorry.
Ahh, and you study elephants in the wild and know how they play? Ah yes, you know nothing and get your opinions from those who give them to you. And you claim to be an intelligent species. XD
Elephants naturally do the tricks done in a circus? Stand on head? Stand on a ball? B.S. 😡😡😡😡
That's what I just wrote. To even say that pisses me off. I would love to get my hands on that guy. Did you hear when he said he's actually seen them balance on a ball in the wild. You know cause there is so many balls in the wild. Ahh makes me so mad.
+Chrysti Costello Did you actually watch the video....he said balls there at the sanctuary....once provided for them to play with. He was not talking about elephants in the wild....he NEVER SAID THAT....just more over sensitive made up BS by Peta...
+Dar70 no but he said that they do it in the wild, that it was natural for them. Nothing that they train these elephants to do in a circus is natural it is so far from natural that is why they eventually snap. It's just disgusting. I suppose they don't beat them either. Disgusting and you trying to justify it to me shows me who you are. No one I would want to talk to.
I watched a video of a REAl sanctuary (PAWS IN CALIFORNIA) and they give them treat balls like a kong for dogs and play games(training) to keep their minds busy. they do not use bullhooks but do use food and chutes to move them around..these guys are trained with the bullhook so it is probably the easy and safest way to move them. paws does have a very large area for the African elephants but the Asia elephants have a much smaller area and the Q elephants even smaller ( Q elephants are ones that have been exposed to turburkicois) that being said i dont know if they are in the best place but what they are doing is similar to some other sanctuarys . also a great place near nashville tenn that takes in female elephants only and puts them in a normal as possible enverment..they all have barns and stalls for them. the wild is the best place for them but thats not possible and if they are being took care of right at least they dont have to run for their lives on the daliy from poachers and watch their newborns die a gross death being eaten alive by a lion or corc
@@Chrysti1000 i just said that too before reading the comments. If they are retired let them be retired then.
Send them to another sanctuary not one with bull hooks and the same trainers.
What is the point of 'retiring' them if they will still use bull hooks and continue training them?
Brendan Martinez Because they still have to move them in out of different enclosures and pens.
The reason why a bull hook is used with an elephant is that they have extremely tough leathery skin.
Except that whilst being tough and leathery it is also extremely sensitive...... so sensitive in fact that they can feel a fly bite!!! Stop making excuses for animal cruelty!!
Vanessa Allan. Didn't you here that they do not use bull hooks any more. ?
Says who?
The elephants dont need to be poked at with that hook, they dont need to be kept for research, they dont need to constantly trained, they are retired !
Thank you
Bullock.....that’s all that’s come out their mouths. A circus is NOT a conservation effort no matter what they say !
I like the TN Elephant Sanctuary... Closed to the public, & they live the life of leisure. You can watch them on webcams which is cool.
your all extremely ignorant
This is a sample of lying .... these are not scientist .
What you're still doing is abusing them with all this bull hook and human contact nonsense, still making them perform, forcing them to breed, they don't need humans to show them how, that comes naturally in the wild, they don't need to be chained at night or when traveling! You people need to quit lying to the public! Stop abusing the elephants once and for all! Send them to the Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary if you really care about these majestic creatures! SET THEM FREE!
Yes because as everyone knows
balls are naturally found in the wild!!
I would defy anyone to produce a single photograph of ANY elephant EVER standing on it's head in the wild. Hell, they don't even do it in captivity without trainer standing behind them with a hook.
AFewGoodPuppets I've seen you all over these comments and you my friend need to get over your circus fetish for watching elephants do tricks and big cats being intimidated into jumping through hoops. There are more humane ways to see animals that would allow both you and your children to respect them, practically all zoos that are members of the AZA are amazing nonprofit organizations that are devoted to education and conservation
Exactly, elephants need interaction because they are smart, but not stand on their head!!! They love to play with a tire or ball!!!
The balls are like rocks yo find in the wild. You'd be surprised at how many animals in the wild would do tricks like this as their own entertainment and to gain better balance just like humans who can be more intelligent becuase we evolved to be intellectual rather than physical. Stop thinking every animal is a dumb living being and be open
THANK YOU
I seriously can't believe he said that elephants naturally stand on balls in the wild. What is this man thinking?
I know, what rubbish. They don't have accreditation to do any research. I'm so mad at this video, I can spit;
Elephants are playful, & they waller around, climb on downed trees, scratch on trees etc...but stand on their heads? I don't know about that. I'd like to see it in the wild first, then I'd be a believer.
try and find that video of elephants in the wild
He never said they stand on balls in the wild. You're misconstruing two different things he said.
I think its good they are breeding them. They are going extinct after all.
Seriously guys, if you want the real information you need to go undercover and pretending to be interested into their training techniques!
Wtf their training will continue?? It's one thing to lie about the past abuse.. but give the animals up to a real sanctuary. They've already failed the elephants. It's like sea world taking their animals to a bigger pool, making them do tricks, and calling it a sanctuary.. smh
enrichment and training are two entirely different things, and the former does not require the latter. And in any case, "enrichment" is only required when animals are unable to exist in a natural state; in the appropriate environment they'd have all the "enrichment" required.
They took the elephant out of the circus and moved them here. What else do you want? Just proves you don't care about the animals, only promoting about promoting an agenda. The elephants were fine at the circus and they are fine here.
Christian, "they were fine at the circus" says enough about your knowledge.
@@noneofyourbeeswax01 BIGNO! Reputable sanctuaries don't need enrichment, because the environment is enriching!
"Elephants DO stand on their heads, I've seen it here on many ocassions." OK, how about we go and see if wild elephants that haven't been taught unnatural movements and behaviors do it naturally? Haha BS.
Couldn't have said it better!
Calf stand partly on their heads but that's because they trying to stand up from falling over, while learning to walk. These people are so full of it!
Exactly
@carol m Where do you get your information from!!??? I'm an ethologist and have a PhD in elephant behaviour. What absolute rubbish.
sad they've gone from performers to guinea pigs
I like your comment and your name
"Retired" into the hands of the same company that saw nothing wrong with using them for entertainment. Oh yeah. I'm sure there's no way this could go wrong...
Wild elephants don't stand on their heads , the only reason a domesticated elephant would stand on its head is because it was trained to..
Saying that an elephant who's been around people it's whole life would rather be around people when they are released is being in denial that they would rather be with their own kind
Elephants are same as dogs. If you ignore a dog, it's called stray dog. If you ignore an elephant it's called Wild elephant.
Elephants have poachers behind them but dog doesn't. So encouraging petting elephants is good.
That stick they use is not like a dog's leash. they still are controlling their movements. let them roam freely. it is not natural for elephants to stand on their heads. Just by showing affection and good care they will get use to being around people. They don't need to be trained to do tricks to be around people.
"Elephants do stand on their heads". LOL Gee I wonder if that's because those elephants have been forced to since they were babies? And they're so proud to say they have the largest 'herd' of Asian elephants and yet you always see the elephants one or two in a fenced pen. Elephants live in family groups. They're extremely social. And here, in this so called sanctuary, they're forced to live apart. Anyone interested in seeing a true sanctuary, check out Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee.
@carol m any proof that this happens in the wild? NO.
This is just a lame attempt at damage control. Numerous rolls of footage on the Internet prove the abuse & neglect to be real. And not to mention, the elephant the lady demonstrated the bull hook on, started making noise & didn't stop until the woman stopped pulling on the bull hook. Replay it if you don't believe me.
+Lindsey Moran Ok so what else do we do?
It doesn't matter. They made sure the elephants are going to die soon afterall, Im going to fucking guess it was done of pure spite.
Gavin, there is no way to 'correctly' use an instrument meant to hurt the elephant to force it to obey you. A better question is what makes a circus think they have to right to hold wild animals in captivity and 'train' them to perform unnatural acts for our amusement by using pain?
Gavin Cleckler The bull hooks are not used in a gentle or comfortable way. They're jabbed with the pointy end in the areas most sensitive to make them move away, and pulled from behind the ear with the hook end to come closer. The animals are more easily controlled through fear so when performing the handler need only let the elephant see or merely be touched by the bull hook to make it cooperate. There's more than enough footage and testimony out there about it
Kayla Nace You go girl!!!! AMEN!!!
Ringling Bros is basically saying "yeah but we treat our animal slaves so well. Look how they don't have to trek long distances for food." Yeah, that's because you keep them locked up.
amadcarrot - still with chains digging into their flesh, standing day & night on concrete damaging their feet & toenails.
All complete bullcrap!! To hear that man say everything they do in the act is what they do in the wild, and then to actually say he's even seen them balance on a ball. Are you f-ing serious. I never hated something or an organization so much as I hate the RB organization. They have been abusing animals for decades. I can't believe that people would ever go to anything they are involved with.
GodzillaLover Those elephants are shocked with electric prods, beaten with whips, stabbed with bullhooks, chained up to 20 hours a day until they exhibit insanity and neurotic behavior by swaying back and forth. Needs discipline? For what? Because they were stolen away from their homes to make people rich? Sounds like you're either an employee of a circus or a zoo or just an apathetic sociopath prick.
" guarantee you've been disciplined by your parents slapping your wrist or spanking you." No, and I have asked about that. My parents raised me well and I was, apparently as ive been told, an unusually well behaved child. I had more sympathy for RB before I saw the videos and testimony today, now it has completely fucking changed the way I see them. RB had a shitton of money and pull, they knew better than an RVing family in SA with tigers in dog cages.
How do you dare spin this in a positive manner. They'll be subjected to more abuse and research . Stop thinking about what you can get out of them, and try thinking about what you owe tbem. Shame on Ringling once again!
Actually, having seen wild elephants, in the wild, I would agree with the person in the video. They are constantly playing around with stuff in very silly ways, just for the halibut. They're inquisitive, so they fiddle with things. When they are young, they just do outrageous things with anything they can find. They also appear to like people. In the wild, they recognize individual people as poachers or as carrying weapons and leave the area. They recognize who leaves food out for them and speaks well to them, and they have been known to assign one elephant make a big fuss in one area to draw people away from guarding crops or fruit and then have the rest of the group sneak in and raid the field. That is why they are doomed in the wild, precisely because they are clever like that and damage crops. That is a fact - they are doomed in the wild. The only hope for their survival is to keep some animals safe and pray for a day when they will be able to be in the wild again. As for the size of the facility, they have far, far more land in this facility than they do in most rescues and sanctuaries. This facility is far more natural and healthy than others I've seen. It's much better chosen ground, far more suitable land types, as well as far better maintained. Look at the grass. Then look at most sanctuaries. They are on bare dirt in far, far smaller pens. You may hate this group but this facility is far better laid out and the animals are in far, far better condition than any other rescue I've ever seen. Anywhere. You wouldn't know if an animal had insufficient muscle mass or fat or was dehydrated or had poor foot care - I would know. These animals are in far better condition than others in other facilities.
Shame on NG and shame on RB. These poor creatures need a real sanctuary not this lab setting. Hurts my heart
A whole 200 acres and you think that tiny space can handle the 26 you've artificially created. What a joke.
Jenny C ----- If they REALLY cared they would have several THOUSAND acres for those 25 Elephants.
Let them go to TENN Sanctuary for 2400 acres
These people are so full of bs
Their training will continue, are you kidding me, for what?
@@niklevandowski7470 I've seem videos of training for the purpose of health care of elephants at a sanctuary. It looks nothing like the training for performance and doesn't involve bull hooks.
I’ve seen vids of elephants, and other animals, that are trained to cooperate with careers who are doing dental examinations, or foot care
"Tool" my ass.....RB's has plenty of undercover footage of them being BEAT with the bullhook.....get real.....stop the abuse....that's not 'training'.....
That footage has been staged and even edited by animal rights groups to spread lies.
Any place where they can play in some deep water?
Thomas Teare ----- No deep water, no place to roam, no place to hid in trees, no trees for shelter from sun, wind, rain. Take long walk like they do in nature??????
abuse abuse abuse wake up
why are they breeding more elephants? are they selling them for profit? also the Hook, why not use a cane then.
No to everything he just said. Leave them alone. More shade.
They all need to be sent to an actual Sanctuary 🤔💖🐾🌹🤗👍🏻💖🌷
This IS a real sanctusry. They are free. Free from poachers, free from starvation, free from abuse from horrible fake sanctuaries, and better yet free from animal rights activists trying to poison the animals because they are idiots who believe they are better off dead than in captivity.
This is not a proper sanctuary by any means. Elephants do NOT do things such as stand on their heads in the wild. It’s basically still a circus but without people watching, and outdoors. These poor elephants deserve a real retirement, not moved to be hit with sharp bull hooks and forced to do unnecessary behavior once again. It is one thing to breed elephants for conservation, but breeding them to have them be abused for humans yet again is idiotic.
Theres no reason for elephants to live at all
Walking 30 km is good for their feet.... that spokesman lied his way through this
'They do stand on their heads' WTF!?
belly tripper erm, what was the insult for?
that woman sounds so twisted. trying to brain wash people into thinking there was never any animal abuse
Because there's wasn't. Ringling had high standards for animal care and they fired anyone caught abusing their animals. You people cause them to close down and have to rehome those animals when they were perfectly fine at the circus
what one?
@@christiandelahoz2326 You are sadly unaware of all the abuse the animals sufferred over the years. Look up documentaries showing behind the scenes exposes. The abuse on these elephants are evident by scars on their bodies from bullhooks. Educate yourself.
Penelope ----- well said.
@@christiandelahoz2326 What planet have you been living on ? Clearly NOT EARTH.
Don't trust Ringling Bros. In the least to treat these majestic elephants with the respect they deserve after enslaving them and torturing them for over 100 yrs. SPIN
Lisa DC --- They abused ALL the animals in their care,
This is the scariest nicest video I've ever seen 🙄
Such lies..
I didn't know Elephants played ball in the wild. I didn't know Elephants HAD balls in the wild, no pun intended.
these people are disgusting they are constantly making excuses to keep their horrible training methods used for their business.
I’ve watched and read so much on elephants. With that said, what in “know” about elephants is probably about 1/10th of 1%. After watching this video, I was struck by either what little they know about an elephant’s needs and wants, their socialization (which is so huge in determining an elephant’s place within the group, as well as affecting their odds for survival), or how they chose to present their case and to defend their actions as what’s best for these animals.
Case in point: the group states how it will benefit the elephants, especially with eliminating the need to walk 40 to 50 miles each day for food and water. Now, everything I’ve read, and watched in documentary format, specifically stated that elephants are essentially designed, and have evolved, to a state of being where ideally they will walk 50 miles (approximately speaking) each day for their food/water survival needs.
Nice try, guys.
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Nat Geo not watching Nat Geo on elephants amazing abilities.
I hate these people! Bastards are still going to breed these poor animals. It will turn into what we know now as a puppy mill. They will still use these elephants to make money. People, open up your eyes. They arent doing anything good. And as far as I see it, the bull hook is a sharp hook to snag their skin so they will turn for the abusers. These people make me sick. Leave the animals alone already!!!
This is such bs.
+pinksparkles2278 what's BS about it?
+Leslie Beal come on! Read all of the other comments. This isn't a true sanctuary. This is in correlation with Ringing Bros.
REALLY? They continue their training "so that they are manageable" what a load of crap. What is with breeding them in captivity. They will never know freedom. Why not just send them to the ignorant people in India still using elephants as machinery and transportation.
SO SAD.Animal cruelty/abuse should stop>:(
>•< Y.Y
LETS BECOME VEGAN I AM
and black lives matter, too
The Asian elephant was never ment to live in the western hemisphere
When humans die out,they,along with many other species will either die or become invasive
But they are going to continue breeding them ... bred into captivity .. it's still a private company and who oversees their treatment of the animals ... and even if there is a governing body - who is there on a day-to-day basis ? ... and yes I know what they are saying in terms of extinction etc. ... I am not encouraged by this ...............
That is an elephant version of a puppy mill. Money is still the priority and the elephants are not free to live naturally.
#ringling bros are evil ,spread the word
Scarlett --- They are no longer in the Circus business. Thank Heaven. Were loosing $$$$$$$$$
It seems like they are trying to justify their treatment of these beautiful, intelligent creatures. It also sounds like a PR move on their part as well. I am happy they don't use them in any of their shows and now they are out of business. It went on for way to long !!!
Ringling Bros. should've declined the request from National Geographic. This video just makes matters worse. It's a montage of interviews w/the staff justifying why they do the BS that they do. There are actual elephant sanctuaries where the elephants have little to no contact w/humans OR human interaction is not forced or prodded w/tools. This looks nothing like that. Why is it so important that ASIAN elephants not go extinct in America? How about we travel to Asia to see them in their natural habitat. I appreciate that Ringling Bros. is taking a step in this direction, but they still have a long way to go.
Sha Shee What about the African elephant? When they go extinct we will only have pictures?
Pictures are good and what we SHOULD have. Unless we can introduce elephants into the wild then there is no reason to continue to cause them such pain. An elephant in a zoo teaches a child NOTHING...just like a human in a prison. There is no difference. Elephants will go extinct because humans caused their extinction. This is what we do.
African Elephants are far more endangered (especially the Forest Elephant) but the significant difference is that circuses/zoos/parks don't generally use African Elephants, only Asian elephants. In this light, the motive behin RB's insistence that the Asian species must be "protected" can be seen for the self-serving BS that it is.
I have seen elephant sanctuary in Thailand for rescued elephants, and in other parts of USA where they have complete freedom to roam where there are volunteer and professional carers at hand. With lakes and pools for them and tall grasses and without any controlling sticks or chains etc. This ex circus elephant sanctuary is a very poor copy
1. They enjoy walking miles and 2. You don't see any animals standing on their heads in the while... On safari"oh look it's a flipping elephant on its head, how normal!"
There’s a sucker born every minute. I believe it was PT Barnum who sad that.
I went to my last Ringling Show about 15 years ago. A mini horse that was so ill could barely walk and was drooling uncontrollably. He kept slowing down a got smacked to keep up. It was so sad. I have since become Vegan a will never knowingly contribute to animals being harmed in anyway.
this is such bull crap!
that is very sad
It looks like a weapon, why not have a flat end, I’ve seen them punished by being beat with the hook.
I know I’m a bit late to reply, but I agree. They got shut down for use of the sharp bull hook. It makes me mad they are using it again, for even more unnecessary things.
Great Grandma Kirk ---- WHY have anything. There is NO reason to strike or hit any animal including human animals.
The sanctuary is from Ringling Bros. It isn't a sanctuary. It's more imprisonment.
This is all nonsense! Elephants don't naturally stand on their head or ballence on balls! These people abuse elephants and I've seen the footage
I NEVER BROUGHT MY KIDS TO A CIRCUS. MY PARENTS BROUGHT ME ONCE AND I HATED WATCHING THEM GET BEAT FOR NOT RIDING A BIKE OR STANDING ON THERE HEADS. IM DO GLAD THERE SHUTTING THEM DOWN. BECAUSE BEARS DONT RIDE BIKES IN THE WILD ELEPHANTS DONT STAND ON THERE HEADS IN THE WILD.
I don't trust Ringling Bros' so called trainers. When no one is watching, they whack the shit out of those helpless elephants.
That is not the same as a leash...When you nudge them with it they follow you bc if not I'm sure they know you'll poke them with it. Just use your hand if it's the same as you say. They are truly majestic. So let's treat them right...let them enjoy the last bit of their life in peace..
I wouldn't be opposed to like a stick but bull hooks are pointy and very inhumane especially when they get whacked with them. That isn't right. And "I see elephants balencing on balls" the only elephants who balance on balls are the ones that where abused into doing so. If I was in Asia I would not see an elephant balancing on a ball or turning around in circles and doing other sad degrading tricks.
Ringling Bros. propaganda! Barf!
Nothing here is propaganda. It's only the truth.
Ringling Bros are evils and should be all prosecuted.
2 points: 1) It may look nice that these elephants are roaming around in grass fields in sunny Florida, but reality is, they are not "retiring" them, but instead have changed the elephant's profession from entertainment to research specimen and breeding. 2) That manager obviously has never seen wild elephants- I don't think they have balls in the wild.
Cities banned the hook because it is cruel. Look at these elephants, they have 'freckled' skin all down their head and ragged ears from skin torn off by being hit with the sharp nail stick in places they are most sensitive. Compare to wild elephants that never have ragged ears and scarred skin along their heads and trucks. Leave wild elephants in the wild. They shouldn't be removed from their homes to make money for companies like Ringling Bros. Common sense and decency, please.
It looks totally different from the sanctuary like the one in Tennessee, the Elephant Sanctuary. They don't carry around even a stick. Are they happy about the same people who used to beat up with the bull hook is also in the retirement house? Bizarre...
It's sad how we take advantage of animals in the world. It's great that the Ringling Bros. is realizing their mistakes. Seaworld needs to take action as well!
Yep
+Louis XIV You should watch Blackfish!
+Louis XIV Seaworld needs to be shut down ASAP - yes, educate yourself and watch blackfish
How would you like to live in your bathtub for the rest of your life?
+Glenn GoGo Seaworld can't release its Orcas though. The ocean is so polluted they would get very sick from going from a clean pool to a dirty ocean.
its obvious its a bullhook
Right, at 1:17 She's lying, saying it's a "guider" for moving the elephant, when the hook is clearly on the end and the elephants show marks all over their bodies from being repeatedly hit by this bullhook. I'm glad it's no longer allowed to use elephants in circuses. They need to be in the wild with their herds and families, living as nature intended. Not making money for the circus owners.
I don't trust these people at all to do the right thing for these amazing creatures. It's very sad.
Send them to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee where they can truely be free. If the bullhooks are so harmless, use them on your family!
Poor elephants. ☹️😩
I wish they would have given this beautiful elephants to the sanctuary in Arkansas or Tennessee. At least they would have had a really nice life. This place where there at with Ringling Bros. looks terrible.
Set them free. They don't belong to us. They belong to themselves. They are Earth's Children too.
The people who did those things to them deserve to go thru the same things they did!
The bit about the bull hook made me cry “It’s just a tool we use for training.” 😢
Ask her if you could use it on her child...
Remember Elephant's got good memories..
You need to allow them more space and let them be elephants naturally
Leave them in the wild. Simple
love how that woman said 26 births already and without missing a beat or acknowledging the sad irony of this, this is our oldest elephant 69 and this one is 58 and they have spent most of their lives on the road, yep they were unable to have calves of their own is how i take that. Key words we are unable to import these animals since 1976, so you are going to artificially inseminate them instead keep the gravy train running make it look the animals are happy enough to breed but they are not doing it naturally its more or less animal rape for profit. Have to diversify into conservation as thats trendy now as people have the internet now and can see how badly we treated our circus elephants before, crap we better do something so an elephant farm for people to see what asian elephants look like in years to come is how we are going to sell this new venture. What a load of stomach turning crap, not buying it for a second. Just as bad as seaworld breeding artificially to keep the show albeit in a different form going.
no I don't think you need a tall like that I think they have suffered enough
I love watching the other elephant videos where the elephants r free to roam w/o human supervision on acreage designed to allow elephants to be elephants. They r not used as giny pigs or bred so that they can produce more elephants for people like you to use as research. If your going to take these majestic beings and still treat them like their n the circus then the animals r no better off than they were before. Let them animals alone and set them free at least in the confines of the land their on. They they have a lake to swim in? They love the water. They love to roam around. Let them be. They've been tornmented enough. I would love to use one of those hooks on you people.
in India the elephants in the rescue centers no longer feels the raft of that metal stick..no riders on their backs...
use your hands in reassurance and they will comply. watch you tube videos to get an understanding. the people will be watching how these beautiful animals are treated.
I love the restraint used by Nat Geo you can tell by the comments they include animal activists beliefs
The eles should be at a sanctuary like The Elephant Sanctuary in TN.
That woman is just making excuses for continuing to ‘ train an animal’ to perform for an audience! If these beautiful creatures have been retired, there is no need to train them to do anything. Just let them be elephants. I watch videos from several elephant sanctuaries in Asia and none of them are treated to the delights of a bullhook!! These people care not one jot about the welfare of their animals.
I don't like what these circuses did in the past, but I commend them for retiring these animals. It is a great step forward.
However the goal of their breeding shouldn't be just for people to be able to view them in the future. It should be to have them reintroduced and thriving in the wild.
they can't thrive in the wild. they are hunted by criminals who don't care about endangered species acts
Ronald Tartaglia breeding them only to be viewable in the future is like approaching a disease and solely addressing the symptom. The bigger problem needs to be addressed. Poaching and loss of habitat.
These are themselves linked to bigger problems like poverty, poor education, encroaching urbanisation and destruction of natural forests.
Now, I am not saying these circuses must fix ALL these problems, but their goal should be to have the animals in the wild. In this way it would also help galvanize the world into action by seeing what should be our collective goal. Soley breeding them for viewing seems more like giving up on the bigger problem to me. We should not keep these animals in breeding farms forever.
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is a perfect example of rehabilitating elephants and reintroducing them into the wild. www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/
Apparently they didn't retire them. They have been re-purposed for pharmaceutical research. They're being tortured worse than before.
They need to send these elephants to a true elephant sanctuary like the one in Tennessee or PAWS Animal Sanctuary in California.
Boycott the abuse of these elephants..retired means freedom....they are not free. Being poked and proded is not freedom!!!!!
What a travesty. What lies he is telling. Elephants love being with their family and walking --they are terrified of the bullhook as it hurts so much. We learn nothing from having them in captivity
Ringlings shouldn’t have ever had any elephants, period.
Lies lies lies.
I don't believe that bull hook is as harmless as it's made out to be.
Do they really think we the public are that stupid and we’re going to believe their hype “we’re doing this to protect the elephants”. Where did he see an elephant stand on its in nature? Those hooks are cruel. Just use your hand to pull or push the elephant. Same on you Ringling Bros. And Barnum &Bailey!
There used to be an elephant farm down the road from where I live. They bred and raised elephants for Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey. Diano's in Canton Township Ohio.
These poor elephants are being treated exactly the same as if they were in a circus. Don't you believe in thinking that they don't use those bullhooks to hurt the elephants. If a bull hook was just an extension of the hand, then get a cane that's rounded on one end. They should be put in reserves like they have in Tennessee, where the Elephants aren't manhandled. The elephants in this clip are used in experiments. This is not good at all!
Finally, these beautiful beasts are being cared for 'in their best interests', not the humans. Being retired is a great thing... I know. 🧡🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘
They are full of shit they should put the animals back into the wild with their families it's cruel to do what they do to these animals
You on hand they are saying that they want to help preserve and maintain the integrity of these animals. On the other hand they are saying that they want to keep them in the western hemisphere where they are not natively from so that their grandchildren can see an elephant. If you truly cared about the well-being of his animals he would bring them back to the countries out there from where they were already well established reserves for them to live on. You don't need to take three years to know whether or not a reserve that is very well-equipped and highly esteemed can take care of 13 additional 🐘. Your intentions however Noble you may think they are are purely selfish and only benefit humans.
Go read '"Water for Elephants", you'll see how deadly bullhooks are
Sorry ringling... you can talk all you want and try to make yourselves out to be a good guy... you do not have to continue to train them and continue your “ research “.. go ahead and keep talking out of both sides of your mouth.
And to say they like to perform is a bunch of bull.
Really? your actions dont bother your conscious-knowing how they were trained and kept against their will? Really? The world at hand creating their own laws and what suits them with no guilt. I'm wondering if these people have families? Really?
There's an elephant sanctuary in Tennessee to which I donate. The elephants are rescued or retired from abuse and sent to the sanctuary. They roam freely over LOTS of acreage. The sanctuary checks their health periodically, but I've certainly never seen them use a bull hook! The elephant cams have never captured a scene of the elephants standing on their head or a ball either! There's no way I believe the motives of this Ringling Bros place are altruistic!
So basically it's some sort of breeding zoo now. For some reason, I feel sad about this still.
They were purchased by a rescue and given a huge wild preserve to roam free.
They're safe now. ❤
I don't know about her hand, but mine doesn't have hooks or points on it!
Glad to see they at least are not having to perform anymore. Would much rather see them in sanctuary.
The bullhooks make perfect sense. Like, I trained my dog with an AK-47.