Elephant In Motion

Made in response to Washington State Bar Association mandate for "Justice for All."

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Elephant
• Justice
• Animation

[dhan8403]

This is brilliant! Absolutely brilliant. Its simplicity is astonishingly eloquent and its directness immensely powerful.

My sincere congratulations and my great thanks to everyone involved in making this little film.

David Hancocks, former director Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle

[elephantadvocate]

lroy65: did you WATCH the video? Do these elephants look "hopeful, positive and well-loved"? I'm sorry you're exposing your 5 children to such cruelty. You are teaching them that it's o.k. to ruin the lives of these intelligent, caring animals for their own "entertainment" (the average view of the elephants - adults and kids alike is 90 seconds) And it IS an elephant yard - and a very small one at that. Less than one acre for 3 massive animals.

[snapeonaplane]

So, out of curiosity, filming the elephants for one minute constitutes what they do all day?

[kimreid74]

Powerful! I am working on the NATURAL BRIDGE ZOO for ASHA. She lives alone, a very unahappy life of abuse. OUR GOAL - for all incarcerated elephants to be freed and retired to THE ELEPHANT SANCTUARY in Tennessee. ~TRIUMelePHANTS for ASHA abd every zoo and circus elephant.

THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL VIDEO!

[kirs0037]

Very nicely done. I'm proud to have been a high school classmate and known you when you were a star student. Jonathan

[Crotchet570]

It's shameful that these beautiful, intelligent animals should have to go through this. Write to the zoos--and your congressman!

[peteholba]

Teaching a child about animals by taking them to a zoo is like teaching them about sex by making them watch porn. It's all staged and neither resembles reality.

[supafuzz]

Heartbreaking...

[lroy65]

True, they live in a zoo with amazingly, educated, passionate caretakers. .. .perhaps, they are feeling restricted, but most likely, they are feeling hopeful, positive and well loved? This is NOT a Yard...it's the address for the The Woodland Park Zoo which  has created a warm, loving environment for the elephants. I have 5 children and have witnessed since 2000, sometimes on a weekly account, the success, thriving and well being of the Woodland Park Zoo Elephants.

[gryphon9]

Absolutely heartbreaking! What in the world possesses humans to treat these majestic animals like that? Or any other caged animals, for that matter? Beautiful vid though, statement was made right to the point! Thanks!!

[HowToVote]

A friend just wrote:

Subtle, understated and very moving because of it. Good job. How the hell did elephants end up in a yard in Seattle WA?