Stamp out cruelty to elephants

I AM sure that many readers despaired to learn of elephants ridiculed by being trained to use a toilet in Chiang Mai, Thailand (News, January 19).

Elephant training can be barbaric - hooks or similar weapons may be used to frighten and force them into doing what they are told, usually unnatural behaviour.

The exploitation of such intelligent, sentient creatures for human entertainment is inexcusable.

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These shows are set up specifically to generate income from tourists. Boycotting these repulsive spectacles will discourage this and other similar shows and hopefully help put an end to them for good.

Lynda Korimboccus, campaigns manager, Advocates for Animals, Edinburgh

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