@@mygreenvillageke Well, I disagree. No elephant is to be hung upside down. I don't know why this is being done. If you need to weigh the elephant, then get a scale. In the past elephants were protected without neck tags. Thousands of years in Africa without neck tags.
I assume this elephant had caused some problems in a local village. So instead of allowing the villagers to attack and kill this majestic creature these folks are relocating it to another area where it won't come into contact with humans. They have to "hang it upside down" as you said to load it on a vehicle to move it. You do realize that a 4 ton elephant isn't light and certainly won't just follow people on command. So you either want the elephant to live or you don't. This is how they keep it alive! The device around it's neck is also a way of tracking it so it doesn't come close to conflict with people again. Stop complaining unless you are going to actually go out there yourself and try and to help these animals. It's easy to complain behind a keyboard, but not so easy to dedicate your life to helping wildlife!
I apologize on behalf of this other human being. They don't know anything about wildlife services and unfortunately you can't change stupid. We can teach and give knowledge to ignorance but stupidity is genetic!
@@ChrisLuvsAmber Actually the Kenya Wildlife Service is translocating tens of animals (The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has officially commenced a critical elephant translocation operation, moving approximately 50 elephants from Mwea National Reserve to Aberdare National Park.) - to secure sustainable elephant populations, and mitigate human-elephant conflicts, restore degraded habitats, and enhance the economic benefits of elephants to local communities.
Why do certain elephants have something hanging around the necks? That is not normal. Why are the elephants also hung by their legs? This may do harm.
Some elephants have neck tags that are for security purposes. The expert teams ensure that the handling doesn't cause any harm to the animals.
@@mygreenvillageke Well, I disagree. No elephant is to be hung upside down. I don't know why this is being done. If you need to weigh the elephant, then get a scale. In the past elephants were protected without neck tags. Thousands of years in Africa without neck tags.
I assume this elephant had caused some problems in a local village. So instead of allowing the villagers to attack and kill this majestic creature these folks are relocating it to another area where it won't come into contact with humans. They have to "hang it upside down" as you said to load it on a vehicle to move it. You do realize that a 4 ton elephant isn't light and certainly won't just follow people on command. So you either want the elephant to live or you don't. This is how they keep it alive! The device around it's neck is also a way of tracking it so it doesn't come close to conflict with people again. Stop complaining unless you are going to actually go out there yourself and try and to help these animals. It's easy to complain behind a keyboard, but not so easy to dedicate your life to helping wildlife!
I apologize on behalf of this other human being. They don't know anything about wildlife services and unfortunately you can't change stupid. We can teach and give knowledge to ignorance but stupidity is genetic!
@@ChrisLuvsAmber Actually the Kenya Wildlife Service is translocating tens of animals (The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has officially commenced a critical elephant translocation operation, moving approximately 50 elephants from Mwea National Reserve to Aberdare National Park.) - to secure sustainable elephant populations, and mitigate human-elephant conflicts, restore degraded habitats, and enhance the economic benefits of elephants to local communities.