It’s been opened only four years
It is an open zoo
Still under construction
That much it seems is true
It is known as an orphanage
But really that’s misleading
The elephants there are prisoners
And therefore I am reading
A lot more from the description
And what reality
Tells us about PINNAWALA
Is no animal is free
The mahouts are into terror
Goad Ankusa’s are what they use
Stabbing the elephants in the head
I know that is bad news
They are mostly chained and terrified
It’s never good to see
Animals in chain gangs
Tormented regularly
SUMAN is one elephant
Suffering a lot
He should be removed from there
Rex Tyler is a Poet, Campaigner, former owner of an organic shop of 30 years, and Public Speaker living in Berkhamsted, UK.