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点评：Unfortunately we were brought here on a multiple-activity tour, which promoted the experience as "ethical" and "eco". Sadly this is not the case at this elephant "sanctuary", which is no more than a circus where these poor elephants spend all day being forced to get in and out of the water up and down a small river bank with van-loads of tourists to be "washed" and scrubbed multiple times per day. They are then made to perform tricks like spraying water and posing for the camera, then it's back out of the water to be fed piles of fruit and then posed yet again before the next van arrives and the miserable cycle continues. Day-in-day-out.
People seem to justify this to themselves, because there is no riding involved here - but does anyone really believe that elephants need to be scrubbed 20 times per day by tourists, or that they really enjoy being posed for the camera..? One of the elephants seemed seriously depressed and refused to stand up in the water, as the mahoot kept telling everyone that she was "just stupid".
As we tried to have a peek around the back to see for ourselves what sort of conditions they were being made to live in, the tour guide started shouting and running over saying we were not allowed to go back there! Says everything about the place really.
The entire experience made us feel extremely uncomfortable and we left the place utterly depressed, disappointed in ourselves for not doing proper research into where we were going. Sadly, it seems there are many factories like this one that have conned people into believing they are any different from all the other elephant torture centres all over Asia.
Please do not support places like this, where they rent the elephants for high season purely to generate income. It is just another circus-act under the guise of being ethical.
There is a far better place just down the road- Khao Sok Elephant Sanctuary - where they actually do rescue abused and ex-performer elephants. These elephants are allowed to roam as they please among the grounds and are not forced to do anything. We had a lovely short walk through the forest, as we learned about these gentle giants that seemed far happier and healthier with people that actually respect them. No "bathing" "trekking" or "posing for the camera", they are simply allowed to relax and vistors have to do things on their time, like it or not! Ok, they are still not in the wild as they should be, but it's places like Khao Sok Elephant Sanctuary that need support so that these amazing and beautiful animals can have a chance at a happy life.
They should not be exploited just for this social-media-virtue-signalling photo-opportunity of this nonsensical "bathing".
People seem to justify this to themselves, because there is no riding involved here - but does anyone really believe that elephants need to be scrubbed 20 times per day by tourists, or that they really enjoy being posed for the camera..? One of the elephants seemed seriously depressed and refused to stand up in the water, as the mahoot kept telling everyone that she was "just stupid".
As we tried to have a peek around the back to see for ourselves what sort of conditions they were being made to live in, the tour guide started shouting and running over saying we were not allowed to go back there! Says everything about the place really.
The entire experience made us feel extremely uncomfortable and we left the place utterly depressed, disappointed in ourselves for not doing proper research into where we were going. Sadly, it seems there are many factories like this one that have conned people into believing they are any different from all the other elephant torture centres all over Asia.
Please do not support places like this, where they rent the elephants for high season purely to generate income. It is just another circus-act under the guise of being ethical.
There is a far better place just down the road- Khao Sok Elephant Sanctuary - where they actually do rescue abused and ex-performer elephants. These elephants are allowed to roam as they please among the grounds and are not forced to do anything. We had a lovely short walk through the forest, as we learned about these gentle giants that seemed far happier and healthier with people that actually respect them. No "bathing" "trekking" or "posing for the camera", they are simply allowed to relax and vistors have to do things on their time, like it or not! Ok, they are still not in the wild as they should be, but it's places like Khao Sok Elephant Sanctuary that need support so that these amazing and beautiful animals can have a chance at a happy life.
They should not be exploited just for this social-media-virtue-signalling photo-opportunity of this nonsensical "bathing".
翻译：不幸的是，我们被带到这里参加一个包含多项活动的旅游团，该旅游团宣传这次体验是“道德的”和“生态的”。可悲的是，这个大象“保护区”的情况并非如此，这里只不过是一个马戏团，这些可怜的大象整天被迫在一条小河岸上上下下，载着满满一车游客，每天要多次“清洗”和擦洗。然后，它们被要求表演喷水和对着镜头摆姿势等把戏，然后又从水里出来，喂食一堆水果，然后在下一辆面包车到来之前再次摆姿势，悲惨的循环继续着。日复一日。
人们似乎为自己辩解，因为这里没有骑乘——但有人真的相信大象每天需要被游客擦洗 20 次，或者它们真的喜欢对着镜头摆姿势吗？其中一头大象看起来非常沮丧，拒绝在水中站起来，因为那头大象一直告诉大家她“只是愚蠢而已”。
当我们试图从后面偷看一眼，亲眼看看它们的生活条件时，导游开始大喊大叫，跑过来，说我们不允许再回去！这说明了这个地方的一切。
整个经历让我们感到非常不舒服，我们非常沮丧地离开了这个地方，对自己没有对要去的地方进行适当的研究感到失望。可悲的是，似乎有很多像这样的工厂欺骗人们相信他们与亚洲其他所有大象虐待中心有什么不同。
请不要支持这样的地方，他们在旺季出租大象纯粹是为了赚钱。这只是另一个打着道德幌子的马戏表演。
路上有一个更好的地方——考索大象保护区——他们确实在那里拯救受虐待和前表演大象。这些大象被允许在场地内随意漫步，不会被迫做任何事情。我们在森林里进行了一次愉快的短途散步，我们了解到这些温和的巨象似乎与真正尊重它们的人们在一起会更快乐、更健康。没有“洗澡”、“徒步旅行”或“摆姿势拍照”，它们只是被允许放松，游客必须按自己的时间做事，不管喜欢与否！好吧，它们仍然没有像它们应该的那样在野外生活，但考索大象保护区这样的地方需要支持，这样这些神奇而美丽的动物才能有机会过上幸福的生活。
它们不应该被利用，只是为了在社交媒体上拍下这种荒谬的“洗澡”照片。
人们似乎为自己辩解，因为这里没有骑乘——但有人真的相信大象每天需要被游客擦洗 20 次，或者它们真的喜欢对着镜头摆姿势吗？其中一头大象看起来非常沮丧，拒绝在水中站起来，因为那头大象一直告诉大家她“只是愚蠢而已”。
当我们试图从后面偷看一眼，亲眼看看它们的生活条件时，导游开始大喊大叫，跑过来，说我们不允许再回去！这说明了这个地方的一切。
整个经历让我们感到非常不舒服，我们非常沮丧地离开了这个地方，对自己没有对要去的地方进行适当的研究感到失望。可悲的是，似乎有很多像这样的工厂欺骗人们相信他们与亚洲其他所有大象虐待中心有什么不同。
请不要支持这样的地方，他们在旺季出租大象纯粹是为了赚钱。这只是另一个打着道德幌子的马戏表演。
路上有一个更好的地方——考索大象保护区——他们确实在那里拯救受虐待和前表演大象。这些大象被允许在场地内随意漫步，不会被迫做任何事情。我们在森林里进行了一次愉快的短途散步，我们了解到这些温和的巨象似乎与真正尊重它们的人们在一起会更快乐、更健康。没有“洗澡”、“徒步旅行”或“摆姿势拍照”，它们只是被允许放松，游客必须按自己的时间做事，不管喜欢与否！好吧，它们仍然没有像它们应该的那样在野外生活，但考索大象保护区这样的地方需要支持，这样这些神奇而美丽的动物才能有机会过上幸福的生活。
它们不应该被利用，只是为了在社交媒体上拍下这种荒谬的“洗澡”照片。
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