Ontario Visited By... Elephants!

[Jon]

Just heard this on the news.

Up in Ontario Canada - a couple elephants got loose (from a circus), and took a walk around a near-by town!

[PipingPringle]

R...really? Boo! How does one loose track of an ELEPHANT?
I saw some vids last year saying how most circus elephants are kept in horrible conditions and the video ended with elephants rampaging at the circus. It was scary stuff. Hopefully this isn't the case? Well- treated elephants taking a stroll hopefully?

[Jon]

R...really? Boo! How does one loose track of an ELEPHANT?
I saw some vids last year saying how most circus elephants are kept in horrible conditions and the video ended with elephants rampaging at the circus. It was scary stuff. Hopefully this isn't the case? Well- treated elephants taking a stroll hopefully?


Seem to be better-treated. From what was said; a cable for an 'electric fence' enclosure they were housed in apparently came unplugged, allowing 2 (of 3) elephants to leave the spot and wander around a bit (the third elephant was sleeping at the time).

[Buslady]

stuff like this brings it back to the old controversy of large normally wild animals as silly circus performers. It's insulting to a beautiful creature to perform rediculous unnatural tricks for our pleasure.

[PipingPringle]

stuff like this brings it back to the old controversy of large normally wild animals as silly circus performers. It's insulting to a beautiful creature to perform rediculous unnatural tricks for our pleasure.

I tend to agree with you.. but I did watch another documentary once that was set in India (I think) where it was describing the bond that elephants and their trainers (They were actually calling each other brothers I think) The tradition was passed down and they would stay with their elephant all their life. Also, I saw another thing where the village needed the elephants for clearing brush, the elephants were highly valued components of their village life. So it seems that in some cultures have domesticated elephants? I'm no expert on this subject being that I vaguely remember seeing a couple documentaries, so correct me if I'm wrong ^_^
But what really bugs me the most is using unethical training methods or elephants kept in poor conditions that I saw in the 'rampaging elephants' video. It was horrible, they just went nuts.. One was even giving children a ride on it's back

[RAM BAM]

Sorry, this is a really bad joke and a groaner of a pun, but I have
to ask - "Did they pach them in?"

[Drtooth]

(Holds back urge to make bad puns such as "I hope they packed their trunks before they left" or "Let's address the Elephant in the room")

[NightwatchersOnlygirl]

Oh really that very odd

[RAM BAM]

(Holds back urge to make bad puns such as "I hope they packed their trunks before they left" or "Let's address the Elephant in the room")

Thanks Drtooth, now I don't feel so bad!