Category Archives: Elephants

ANNE19

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Decency and propriety Have been missing in my life Ever since I left Sri Lanka Really so much strife Vindictiveness and spitefulness The circus and the zoo Lack of appreciation Its shameful was some do Morality and ethicality Was just … Continue reading →

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ANNE 18

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Rex Tyler

when Chipperfield decided that an open park Display For animals like at Longleat Where Animals had no say As usual as an elephant My breathing is unlike Humans no pleural cavity And thus getting a spike Of pollution can affect … Continue reading →

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ANNE 17

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Rex Tyler

If the Daily Mail got me £410 thousand A few years ago The readerS were sure as I was In fact everyone there did know LOngleat was going to provide us With a haven and ele’s around They sure were … Continue reading →

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6000 days

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Rex Tyler

An elephant never forgets We all know that is true So 6000 days she’s been all alone No one to speak to Elephants are social creatures Family is their thing Respect for one another That is what they bring To … Continue reading →

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ANNE15

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Rex Tyler

There was a kind of promise And honour seemed to me The declared intention Almost a guarantee I would have companions Not nubian goats But they Said there would be elephants There to share my day So to find no … Continue reading →

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ANNE14

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Anne believes that surveillance Is upsetting her a lot She’s aware eyes are upon her And really this is not In the spirit of her wildness Its spying after all Some might call it voyeurism And it does it does … Continue reading →

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ANNE13

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Rex Tyler

So many empty words I hear All platitudes and I Am Anne and I find unfathomable Do they just want me to die? To fade away completely Longleat seems to me They misconstrue my every wish Just to live in … Continue reading →

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ANNE12

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Rex Tyler

In deference to Longleat Captivity for me Feels more like what is convenient With less freedom to be Myself I am old and weary My life has not gone well Circus was a sentence More akin to hell An overiding … Continue reading →

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ANNE 11

Posted on May 30, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Old in the tooth With masterful thoughts Captivity really With all of its warts Breeds introversion And solitariness Ofcourse there are keepers All Humans lets stress They have a job to do Our banishment they Orchestrate its true Everyday I … Continue reading →

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ANNE 10

Posted on May 29, 2018 by Rex Tyler

It feels like a hopeless situation And the ideology From the circus Isnt really lost Thats how it seems to me Arthritis is an ailment That leaves me in despair When disappointment surfaces Such forlorn hope is there It crystallizes … Continue reading →

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ANNE

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Still here alone Not much to do No one to speak with Which is true I have some sand And a plastic ball 3 little goats But that is all They raised my expectations high But I am irritated and … Continue reading →

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Anne the elephant

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Beverly and Janie Were lovely friends of mine Both With moral fibre Noble and divine They were so trustworthy In every single way And ofcourse confined in me How they wanted to stay That Romanian keeper Nitu yes him he … Continue reading →

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Garden Bros Circus

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Rex Tyler

You are one hundred years too late my friends Wild animals is where it ends Bullhooks such a cowardly tool A weapon that breaks every rule You create captivity Your Asian elephants how can they be Subjected to such enormous … Continue reading →

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Pooja and Shanti little German girl and 5 ton female elephant

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Pooja means prayer and shanti means peace This is a story of a little girl who at the age of 5 wanted to meet an elephant and met Shanti a temple elephant at the national park when Shanti was enjoying … Continue reading →

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What price is charity

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Charity begins at home “Tiger tops” by another name Organising tournaments Polo its the given game Thailand watch the pachyderms Mahouts riding them about Sticks and stones hurt all our bones Bashing them leaves me in doubt Cruelty does nothing … Continue reading →

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Protectors

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Rex Tyler

They are killing the angels Dropping like flies If you protect animals Its no surprise If others are making a killing Then they Will try very hard to put you away Ivory sales the elephant clan Rhinocerus horn despite the … Continue reading →

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SUZI and the Lahore Zoo

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Rex Tyler

a zoo is a place where arrogance Has reached a total high Its where inconceivability Is a logjam in the sky Its unthinkable in wild terms Not feasible at all Exchanging what was harmony For wire cages and a wall … Continue reading →

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Myanmar and its elephants

Posted on February 10, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Died out vanished lost and gone The elephants of Myanmar MongLa Bago Yama towns THe Yangon region Clearly drowns in elephant blood For what we see Is the vilest darkest murdering spree Not a scrap of sense Pure hollowness Bloodshed, … Continue reading →

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Ivory 2

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Rex Tyler

The comment I should like to make On the poaching gangs who feel Their unworthiness and mischief Inside themselves reveal A malignancy a measly and corrosive And revolting tyranny Perhaps a vile affliction An impetuosity Impressionable and restless An excitability … Continue reading →

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Ivory

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Rex Tyler

The unscrupulous opportunism In Zimbabwe today Because therecwas a dry spell The artfulness to pay Little respect to the Elephants And deviously try To poison what was left around Of the limited water supply It calls for a lot of … Continue reading →

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Buddhists and elephant abuse

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Pageant seems to really be the order Of the day And elephants apparently Are essential so they say They dress them in regalia And heavily chain their feet And walk them on the concrete roads In all that awful heat … Continue reading →

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Paul Barton Piano player extraordinaire

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Rex Tyler

Remorselessness and heartlessness The forest tribes embittered by Made to slave in temperatures Truthfully far too high Working at the logging stages Very heavy arduous work Branches scratching deep wounds Where bugs and true infections lurk Elephants great hearts that … Continue reading →

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Trophy hunter killing

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Rex Tyler

The indignity and mortification Of trophy hunting on the nation Africa’s tears should roll tonight Hearing this elephant at the height Of its resignation and true despair With these bloody hunters standing there They have shot and wounded a majestic … Continue reading →

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“Sengi” that elephant could be my long lost brother

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Tiny in stature But fast on its feet Fast for its size not even a cheetah Can compete A builder of paths all over the place Ways to escape from the monitors face The forked tongue of fear That will … Continue reading →

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Musiara the baby elephant

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Rex Tyler

In January a baby Was found a mystery As to why the herd had left him Such a tragedy Covered in dry mud and weak He had been seen by air And he was flown to Nairobi On a drip … Continue reading →

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Trump and the trophies

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Rex Tyler

We know his sons are hunters And elephants they have killed No doubt the lobbying power is there For all the blood thats spilled Overstepping the mark though Transgression of this type It was a vile intrusion A really ugly … Continue reading →

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Elephant rides

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Empty headed moronic keepers And management who feel The need to put sales figures first Not elephants who conceal Who suffer really daily As tourists come along To buy a ride if its denied This practice is so wrong Elephants … Continue reading →

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MIYAKO (beautiful March child)

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Rex Tyler

We are a social animals Friendship is our thing When i was just six months old they Thought that they would bring Me all the way from THAILAND And directly to a ZOO In japan of all places What a … Continue reading →

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Absence of thought

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Rex Tyler

The largest land animal living Perceptive cognizant and brave A pachyderm with a great stream Of consciousness In Kerala whose left to save With an absence of thought For their welfare Its a cultural thing maybe so But because they … Continue reading →

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Amarula and the elephants

Posted on October 7, 2017 by Rex Tyler

Oblivion feels possible For the elephants of old Destruction of their habitat And their babies being sold The amarula fruit tree mob Decided they must try And raise elephant awareness For so many now do die Ivory poachers critically Are … Continue reading →

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