‘With so many Asian elephants in captivity, we must safeguard both captive and wild elephant populations’
Amber Fort is one of India’s biggest tourist attractions, where elephants, many of whom are blind and lame, are forced to haul tourists up and down the steep fortOf the 103 elephants, 10 had tuberculosis, 19 were blind in one eye or both, and all suffered foot problems, according to a 2018 health report by the Animal Welfare Board of IndiaWhen the animals are not forced to give rides to tourists they are often kept alone at night, heavily chained in “concrete boxes”.
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