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Ca parle d'un festival d'éléphants où les Hindous forcent ces pauvres bêtes à faire des épreuves de force et pire encore..

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Boycott Elephant Festival in Assam, India

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/410461279


Every year, domestic elephants are brought in from the nook and corner of
the state of Assam in India’s North-eastern region and assembled at the
Kaziranga National Park a world heritage site to take part in the Elephant
festival.

They have to walk miles at a stretch and most of them are forced to beg by
stopping public vehicles on highways.

Whilst in the festival the jumbos have to perform several tasks like a race
where the mahout( elephant tamer) pierces the back of the elephant’s ear
harder and harder to make it run fast. There is a football match which is
played in a similar manner where the mahout again takes pride in forcing the
animals to hit the ball by poking beneath the ear. None of the elephants
derive any kind of pleasure or joy in playing such a sport.

As long as the festival focuses in raising the issue of man-elephant
conflicts and creating awareness, it is ok. But the Race, Football match,
Show of strength etc, activities which involve the jumbos in Herculean tasks
should be removed from the list of activities in this festival.

Since this festival is attended by several distinguished people from all
across the world. Let’s all join hands in opposing this brutal practice to
occur next year.