
those are temple elephants. not every elephant is a temple elephant. i don’t mean this in a rude “omg there’s this one exception to the rule, therefore your whole argument is wrong” but your post is worded in a way that makes it seem as though majority of elephants are treated that way. the way temple elephants are treated is disgusting, though.
totally get what you mean & in my post i did say “paraded around” so i thought I was being specific even but regardless more than 3,000 elephants are held captive in deplorable conditions in India and they’re not all from temples. i get what you mean but the abuse goes beyond & many temples (50ish) have actually started to replace live elephants with statues so a win.