After we arrive at Thailand to do obeisance to a county upperly, discover the journey has arrangement " ride elephant " experience project. Because before be, had looked many this kind " consume an animal " of backside of viatic experience project " inside story of a plot " . Add see these elephant declining tendency of look of one face tired, all over the body, everybody says none hesitantly with the tourist guide, we abandon riding elephant. But the tourist guide is refuted say, if everybody does not ride elephant, domesticate does not have income like the person, cannot buy food to elephant, these elephant will starve, so everybody should consider a consideration again. Finally, our course talks things over, change to feed elephant all the time, use this fee the fruit that buy awn and banana eat to them. This mother elephant of 23 years old is called graceful lotus, it everyday the brigade that the selva of 30 minutes when work even if bearing a tourist to undertake is passes through, and at the moment, it eventually OK and brief took a rest. Ride elephant, it is a when Thailand travels fixed project, great majority travel agent serves as this sell a site, the tourists that come from world each district also scramble for sth, after all can opportunity close quarters contacts elephant, in the earth the biggest mammal is carried on the back ride row, it is it seems that how a thing of cruel, because this has the visitor with constant in a steady stream to be willing to buy sheet, and ride elephant project to also let develop business people earned greatly many, but very rare person goes those who care elephant truly experiencing, actually this is not a happy assignment. Contrary, every Nature's engineering makes 8-10 hour, in forest ground of go round and round crosses, 3 adult are borne even on the back, still get those who suffer wild animal trainer to flog with rod jab, after excess load works, change however feed not a few food of satiety. Accumulate over a long period, on elephant body already bruise again and again, anguish can'ts bear. And people however ground of not care a cent builds his joy the anguish in elephant over, cold blood of wild animal trainer is flogging flintily elephant, travel opens trade also earn basin full earthen bowl is full. Light is to see these facts, have moral person a bit the metropolis is aching unceasingly. However, this is elephant gets merely the one fraction of affliction. There are about 3000 elephants to undertake the project that travel holding a person experiences in Thailand at present, they are the feral elephant that be arrested for the most part. For domestic a feral elephant, wild animal trainer has 3-6 only in elephant year old when be about to undertake a kind of training ceremony that the name is Phajaan to them, chinese interpret is made " spirit is screwy " . To make them obedient, wild animal trainer can use ball and chain to lock up small elephant, coop in a tailor-made basket, once they do not act according to human intent, can starve suffer thirsty, suffer going-over, come with extremely atrocious method the mental volition of twist small elephant, let them become compliant to the mankind. Elephant excursive process rides in the tourist in, the meeting in hand of wild animal trainer is taking an acerb cleek, once elephant goes too slow or deviate is establishedly course, meet those who suffer callosity mistreat. Elephant should load everyday work for long, travel busy season when it is to connect an axis to turn more, cannot get enough breathing space, more cannot get enough food. Local animal protects an organization to ever reported, many elephant die at hunger and overworked, listening to make person be bitterly disappointed distressed. Since 2013, animal protection organization is appealing people does not ride elephant again all the time, thailand also has partial travel agent to make model, be in a company the project that cancels to ride elephant in all travel circuitry, this means the tourist that reduced 25000 every year to ride elephant. People is taken an active part in come in the operation that protects elephant, but this is far insufficient still. At this late hour, still a lot of people come to ride elephant, but the person that we should affect periphery together with the action, let more and more people do not ride elephant, do not have harm without buying and selling, still give elephant a freedom together live environment.