キャサリン・ハイグルさんのインスタグラム写真 - (キャサリン・ハイグルInstagram)「We must do better. An eye opening read: #Repost @dr.evanantin #WorldElephantDay If you have any interest in elephants then please continue reading... Did you know that all Asiatic ‪elephants‬ in the tourism trade have gone through a process called "phajaan"? Phajaan is a term that means to “crush the spirit”, or to separate the spirit from the body. As babies, they take them away from their mothers and put them in a tiny cage, big enough only for them to stand but not sit or move around at all. Then they're literally beaten, for days on end, in the most cruel ways possible. They’re also forced to witness the torture and murder of their mothers. The elephant trunk is so sensitive, and it's how they eat and explore the world. But during phajaan, they'll often be encouraged to stick out their trunks to smell or investigate something, but then their trunks are beaten with bats and spears and whips. The elephants are deprived of food, poked with sticks and blades, kicked, and screamed at. They play terrible mind games with them. The idea, in the end, is to crush this animal's spirit so much that they are just an empty shell who will listen to every command...and then they are sold to tour operators for elephant rides and treks and the illegal logging industry. Like obedient robots with no emotion. This individual at @elephantnaturepark barely survived Phajaan and has suffered femoral and hip fractures from abuse and injuries sustained in the illegal logging trade...Please do not support any elephant-related tourist trap activities (i.e. painting elephants, elephant rides, elephant tricks, etc) in Southeast Asia and if you know someone going to ‪SE Asia‬ please share this message. FYI most exotic/wild animal interactive activities are not in the best interest of that individual animal or that species. Please travel responsibly and if an animal ‘activity’ looks or feels sketchy then it probably is and the best thing you can do is avoid it and tell others to do the same. Thank you for reading 🙏 #saveourelephants #wildlife #conservation #thailand」8月16日 1時40分