Posted: Feb 20, 2020 10:13 am
Spearthrower wrote:I live in Thailand... zoos here are straight up evil.
I had to see through a showing of pictures from some (now mostly no longer) friends who went to Thailand on their honeymoon. They had a ride on an elephant which even to my eyes was obviously in appalling condition.
Yet the friends were just excited to ride the elephant, and were utterly oblivious to the blatant mistreatment.
So western ignorance (and also possibly a general lack-of-giving-a-shit) feeds that sort of evil I'm sure.
I wouldn't even want to ride an elephant. It would feel disrespectful.