A South African woman named Emma Rogers went to an abusive, exploitative elephant park in SA called "Adventures with Elephants" and was allowed to do pull-ups on an elephant's tusks
3. Adventures with Elephants is one of those fake sanctuaries that pretends to care about the welfare of animals but actually exploits and abuses them for profit. There are many of them in South Africa and Southeast Asia.
4. Adventures with Elephants is owned by the Hensman family. Until 2002 they ran a farming operation in Zimbabwe using elephants until they were kicked out by Robert Mugabe. They moved everything to South Africa where they engage in the abuse and exploitation of elephants today.
5. The Hensman family knows how bad some of their practices are. It's been years since they've posted elephant riding on their social media (none on IG, some on FB).
But they offer elephant riding which is a cruel and abusive practice.
Bullhooks are instruments of torture meant to scare elephants into doing what their human handlers want.
I was able to find multiple examples of their handlers carrying bullhooks.
The man on the right has a bullhook on his belt.
7. This is what fake sanctuaries like Adventures with Elephants do so well...they convince visitors they're actually taking part in helping to protect endangered species.
Read this woman's instagram caption to see what I'm talking about and notice how she's riding an elephant.
8. A video on Adventures with Elephants YouTube channel shows the riding opportunities available. They're smart enough not to post things like this anymore even though they still offer rides
In the video you can see handlers with bullhooks on their belts
3. In July 2012, 191 vultures died after feasting on an elephant that had been poached and then sprinkled with poison in a Zimbabwean national park. A year later roughly 500 vultures were killed after feeding on a poison-laced elephant in Namibia.
1. One of the most incredible things in nature is the birth of an elephant. The herd gathers around, trumpeting in celebration & protecting the baby.
This herd was celebrating until they realized the baby was stillborn...and then they moved into a posture reserved for mourning.
2. The way in which elephants mourn their dead is a sight to behold. The elephant's herd will gather around quietly fanning their ears and touching the body of their dead family member. They will do this for extended periods of time, not just a minute or two.
3. What's really remarkable is that other herds visit dead elephants bodies & mourn. This herd was one of several which visited the body of a famous matriarch named Victoria after she died.
You can see secretions from their temporal glands indicating a high state of emotion.
3. But it's not just with @gofundme's...earlier this year I started sending Venmos and CashApps to people in need and I noticed that every single time my followers would go through the replies as well and give money...more than I could ever give.
3 of the 4 women who have accused Danny Masterson of rape & Scientology of harassing them in a suit have been dealt a blow by a judge
The women, who were Scientology members, will have to resolve this in religious arbitration. Who will the arbitrator be? A Scientologist
2. You may be wondering, were three of the four women Scientology employees. Did they sign religious arbitration agreements as part of an employment contract?
Nope, welcome to Scientology, where you have to sign all your rights away just to be a member.
3. Keep in mind, this DOES NOT impact the criminal case against Danny Masterson. That is a separate matter. This is only involving the civil case.
But it shows how the long arm of Scientology can impact former members long after they've fled.
2. In Indonesia, 32 million acres of forests (home to Orangutans, Sumatran tigers, and Sumatran rhinos) have been destroyed for palm oil. 14 million acres in Borneo. Over 14 million acres in Malaysia
The orphanages in Indonesia and Borneo are packed with palm oil orphans.
3. Some companies claim to use sustainable palm oil but there's no such thing as truly sustainable palm oil. But we are in such a bad position because palm oil is used in everything now and it is such a miracle oil, so cheap and so versatile that we're addicted to it.
2. I get asked all the time why wildlife doesn't go for people in safari vehicles more often.
First, they are so used to them they ignore them...they're habituated to them. Second, as long as there isn't a lot of movement, they see them as one big thing...not a bunch of people
3. The one species more than any other that engages with safari vehicles is the cheetah. They jump on them and jump into them. It's remarkable. Lions and leopards don't do it this way at all.
Btw almost every African country with safaris has a different vehicle configuration.