{"id":23903,"date":"2015-10-15T09:14:58","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T09:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=23903"},"modified":"2015-10-15T09:23:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T09:23:18","slug":"elephant-painting-and-the-halle-zoos-mentality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/10\/elephant-painting-and-the-halle-zoos-mentality\/","title":{"rendered":"Elephant painting and the Halle Zoo&#8217;s mentality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The whole credibility of zoo&#8217;s to me<br \/>\nIs brought into question with this sad story<br \/>\nThese two individuals abusing this soul<br \/>\nAn elephant who they want to control<br \/>\nElephants don&#8217;t paint its man who decides<br \/>\nTo encourage them of course and  what he hides<br \/>\nIs how he encourages them and what they must do<br \/>\nSo they make him money which is sadly true<\/p>\n<p>In Thailand where this goes on and tourists see<br \/>\nElephants painting they fail to be<br \/>\nTotally unimpressed drunk at the sight<br \/>\nOf artists with trunks and thinking its right<br \/>\nBut its far from right its done with abuse<br \/>\nIts done with some violence it is a big ruse<br \/>\nJust to make money no prophets here<br \/>\nAnimals taken advantage of  with fear<br \/>\nBecomes the big word in the elephants life<br \/>\nThey fear yes they fear they fear for their life<\/p>\n<p>And a zoo to pretend that these men that we see<br \/>\nAre not abusing this elephant how can that be<br \/>\nTipping water based paint into its trunk<br \/>\nAnd making it blow paint out really we are sunk<br \/>\nIf we can believe that elephants are treated like this<br \/>\nAnd its fun no they scar<br \/>\nThe image completely they fool us to say<br \/>\nThis is a game a game they all play<\/p>\n<p>The image of PAJAAN remains in their soul<br \/>\nAs babies split up from their mothers that role<br \/>\nDestroyed by this practice lost babies are<br \/>\nPushed into a small crate they become the star<br \/>\nThey are tied there and beaten and stabbed every day<br \/>\nAnd whilst this is going on not fed<br \/>\nThey pay<br \/>\na lot to be elephants captured by man<br \/>\nNo water either since this pain began<br \/>\nThey are breaking its spirit day after day<br \/>\nBeating it making it cry its not play<br \/>\nIts the worst kind of torture its terrible stuff<br \/>\nPajaan its called and they get enough<br \/>\nTill they break down and weep broken as hell<br \/>\nAnd they do what the human wants and do it well <\/p>\n<p>If not they get beaten within an inch of their life<br \/>\nOr thats what they imagine the end of their life<br \/>\nSo to make some excuse like this zoo just have made<br \/>\nMakes me at once of course then down grade<br \/>\nThat zoo and all zoo&#8217;s for all that they do<br \/>\nIs make profit from animals and that is true<br \/>\nIt is a business and commerce cant see<br \/>\nThe need to be caring not promote cruelty<\/p>\n<p>Elephants don&#8217;t paint unless they are made to<br \/>\nCruelty happens behind big closed doors<br \/>\nSo the naive tourists can see what is happening<br \/>\nAnd give them money and  some applause<br \/>\nThe elephant cries inside its great body<br \/>\nImagining really how we can be made<br \/>\nBy trainers no brainers who care about money<br \/>\nAnd the marvellous painting and elephant trade<\/p>\n<p>If they don&#8217;t  paint its a whack they will be getting<br \/>\nMemories flood back of pajaan and more<br \/>\nElephants have a Very long memory<br \/>\nAnd the fear factor rises and they then are sure<br \/>\nBetter to paint all day do what you are told<br \/>\nRefuse and they know and thats why the seem sold<br \/>\nOn painting<\/p>\n<p>But not having paint squirted into their trunks<br \/>\nFor fun!<\/p>\n<p>EMAiled to office@zoo-halle.de<br \/>\nFacebook<br \/>\nTwitter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The whole credibility of zoo&#8217;s to me Is brought into question with this sad story These two individuals abusing this soul An elephant who they want to control Elephants don&#8217;t paint its man who decides To encourage them of course &hellip; 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