ORIGINAL Elephant Painting

Watch this elephant paint a beautiful image of an elephant holding a flower. You'll be amazed at how her talent unfolds as she carefully completes each stroke. Her mahout talks to her throughout the process as his gentle touch gives her confidence. She focuses on her work and seems to enjoy the approval of the audience and, of course, the sugar cane and banana treats. All of her training has been reward based.

So touched by their horrific backgrounds and loving personalities, ExoticWorldGifts.com now supports, "Starving Elephant Artisans" by selling their paintings so they can continue to have a new life in Thailand. Own a print of the art for $15.

Some Thai elephant experts believe that the survival of the Asian elephant species will most likely depend on the good treatment of the elephants in well managed privately owned elephant camps. All of us would prefer that all of the elephants be free to be in the wild. For many reasons, that is not possible at this time.

You can learn more and purchase these unique paintings at http://www.ExoticWorldGifts.com

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[chaosinorderrr]

The dislike bar is irrelephant.

[83estrada]

haha haha haha hah haha haha ha its a giraffe .

[illegalsmilereturns]

@chaosinorderrr ha ha ha, now only if you played mkart online we could be friends.

[chaosinorderrr]

@illegalsmilereturns why thank you.

[illegalsmilereturns]

@chaosinorderrr Sir, you have a good sense of humor.

[Azadeeeful]

Tortured animals make me so sad.

[missletii]

mi vida! hermoso el cuadro pero se que entrenan a esos animales y que sufren en el proceso! no es necesario que aprendan eso para impresionar a los humanos! son animales maravillosos!

[elephantnews]

yep so unbelievable it's not true. They're forced to do it. Check out my Youtube channel elephantnews for the truth on elephant painting and other stupid tricks.

[elephantnews]

It was forced to do it over about a month of training. Elephants are incredibly intelligent, in fact so intelligent they don't really see the need to paint. It's only humans that find that fun.

[elephantnews]

I know this because I live and work with elephants here in Thailand. No elephant in the world teaches themselves to paint. Every elephant here paints the same pictures. They're all the same because they are forced to do it. I've seen the training myself. A brush is taped to the trunk and they are guided over about 1 month to paint a specific picture. They are hit with a bull hook to the back of the head if they make a mistake. Sorry to spoil your illusions but trust me it's the truth, I seen it.

[elephantnews]

The elephant with the injured front leg was from a landmine in an illegal logging operation on the Burmese border. Basically every elephant you see painting, in a trekking camp or doing circus tricks has been pajaan trained. They are put in a wooden crate and brutally beaten for up to 1 week in order to break their spirit. Every elephant that paints has been through this. Please be responsible and do not buy products from Thailand that ridicule and cause harm to our national symbol.