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Winner Elephant painting in Indy zoo. The trainer hands over the brush to the elepjant and it makes some strokes. The painting is given to the person who has guessed the weight of the 2 elephants correctly.

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  • Get over yourself, these animals are way more inteligent than us, if they don't want to paint then they wouldn't do it. They would just not hold the brush. Plus the fact that they can paint pictures far better than most people can means that they have creative and artistic minds. Personally i think elephants painting is a great gift for PEOPLE to see how creative and smart they are.

  • People! Everybody's arguing whether this is abuse or not. Some people feel uncomfortable, whithout quite knowing why, to see elephants paint. They are right; for an elephant to paint requires 2 things: that it be held captive, and that it be "broken" so it interacts with humans, both unethical. Also, the painting itself, while amazing, is a trick for tourists, and to make animals as noble and magnificent as elephants to perform, in any whay, for gawking humans, is also unethical. Sound good?

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  • Painting sure beats being hunted for sport.  Many of the elephant camps provide incredible health care for the elephants and take every precaution to make sure they are never mistreated. I have spent a great deal of time at the elephant camps in Thailand... have you?

  • maybe they enjoy painting.

  • google 'phajaan', the abuse and torture elephants go through to be trained to perform stupid tricks. no elephants paints magically of its own free will exactly how a human would. this is sick.

  • Why isnt this on the news? Why is it that most people from around the world seem to care about is making lots of money and buying the latest cars, and attaining status whilst their kids are being fed crap from school. why are people so obsessed about money and power? Im happy with just my arms and legs. Ive never been obsessed about making millions and gaining power over others. It takes most people to see the brink of death to wake up though i think, not all but most. Its pathetic.

  • I wish to see them drive cars and go school by themselves, then I'll be satisfied!

  • i wanna see an elephant do algebra, then ill be impressed.

  • it a different thing, here they use tactics that we wouldn´t use with our children: pain. Please stop abuse, anything related to humans, concerning animals, is overpowering.

  • are you retarded? read the title der,,..

  • About the animal abuse issue, for the same argument, one can say that putting children through school is also a form of abuse.

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