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The darker side of captive exotic wildlife encounters for tourists l Nightline

   August 8, 2021  40 Comments on The darker side of captive exotic wildlife encounters for tourists l Nightline

Natasha Daly spent a year and half investigating the plight of some elephants, tiger cubs and other animals kept in these attractions. Her reporting was featured in National Geographic Magazine.

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  3. We have to stop supporting these "businesses" in these backwards countries that are abusive towards animals. And also, zoos should at least give their animals A LOT of space in their enclosures.

  11. I remember taking a field trip with my son's class to go to circus and had never really given much thought to 'training,' but what I saw was heartbreaking. They don't even try to hide the nail!! Like this is just the way it is – normal😞. Remember they say elephants have long memories, and if you look into their eyes you can see their despair! The fact there are more exotic animals in US than in the wild?? I thought slavery was abolished???

  20. Imagine when the whole infrastructure goes down and is humans start dying out. Exotic animals will become part of nature here in the U.S

  22. Umm ok WWF so what are you going to do about sea world??? Talking about animals in natural environments and natural behaviors. One of the ex trainers just came out about the whales and let’s not forget blackfish documentary. And if you haven’t see it here’s the link of the trainer and I think black fish is still on Netflix. https://youtu.be/yDCgNo5XW84

  28. I was touring South East Asia and saw a female elephant being led around in chains by its impoverished "owner" among tourists. Deal was you buy one or more small bananas from the guy and feed them to the elephant.

    I noticed there were chains around her feet that had spikes on them pointed into her ankles. I felt sick to my stomach. I looked at the elephant's face and how she moved. She seemed tired, sluggish, and broken. I looked into her eye that faced me, I tried to convey sympathy. I wanted to apologize to her for my species torturing her. The elephant stared back at me, and I felt helpless. She then slowly lowered her eye and head to towards the ground. The owner then yanked at her chains. She twitched, winced, and shuffled slowly away from me, and I shed some silent tears.

    I've since learned that their are non-profit elephant rescue organizations in countries with this problem that I could have called had I known. There are quite a few heartening videos from these organizations up on YouTube.

    Fast foward 2 years. An Old Time circus was brought to my town by the city's July 4th committee. They put up their big tent for afternoon shows that weekend. In the mornings they sold elephant, camel, and horse rides. I went over with my young daughter to where an elephant was being loaded with a parent and child. I looked into the elephant's eye and felt its resigned sadness. I couldn't ride the elephant, and my daughter was soon laughing hysterically as two small petting goats nibbled on her dress.

    I can't look at an image of an elephant anymore without remembering the ankle spikes.

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