Bicycles are for riding – not blind elephants !! It is time for the human being to take responsibility for their actions. It is time to care for the others living. It is time for the animal to be raised to a position of respect ~ Lek Chailert

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I stayed watch the elephants transport people up and down the Amber fort for hours , this place which is very famous for riding. While I watched, I saw one elephant walk past me. The mahout told me her name is Rani . When I walked to look close in her eyes I discivered that both eyes were blind. I was incensed. Both eyes blind, she still must transport tourists, up and down many times per day amidst the weary ambling of many other elephants, to the Amber Fort in Jaipur, India. Rani is not alone in having to labour on into her twilight years, in spite of injuries and infirmities. There are many, similarly blind or sick or lame or just plain too old, who work until they are falling down. If these beautiful Giants have lost their sight, one would think that the overpopulated biped, eyes clear, could see for them, could truly see them and know that this is wrong. It is time for the human being to take responsibility for their actions. It is time to care for the others living. It is time for the animal to be raised to a position of respect. One day, and hopefully soon, images like this will cause us shame and dismay at our lack of humanity. One day perhaps we can be proud of the legacy that we leave for our children. It always depends on what we do. "You cannot cross the sea by merely standing and staring at the water" – Tagore. #bekindtoelephants #saveelephantfoundation

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