The darker side of captive exotic wildlife encounters for tourists l Nightline

1. STOP BRUTAL TRESUR, STOP CHAINS. Asia is a paradise for tourists and hell for elephants

2. We are the scum of this planet

3. We have to stop supporting these "businesses" in these backwards countries that are abusive towards animals. And also, zoos should at least give their animals A LOT of space in their enclosures.

4. Poor animals 🙁

5. We have our own problems in the US. Let's go take care of another countries problems!

6. Fear based training…like human religions!

7. 3:00 OMG why not just plain chain why they need to put spike my heart TT why people whyyyyy

8. 😢😢😢😢😢hayst pls dont support this kind of show…..pls. pls..pls

9. save the animals,
   save the embryos

10. Finally something not about trump from this shitty station

11. I remember taking a field trip with my son's class to go to circus and had never really given much thought to 'training,' but what I saw was heartbreaking. They don't even try to hide the nail!! Like this is just the way it is – normal😞. Remember they say elephants have long memories, and if you look into their eyes you can see their despair! The fact there are more exotic animals in US than in the wild?? I thought slavery was abolished???

12. don't forget about cub petting either!! such a disgusting practice.

13. Thank You ABC news for raising awareness of how these living beings are treated for petty human amusement. It sickens me …

14. Gracias saludos cordiales bendiciones!!

15. I went to a place in Florida with wildlifes and the man kept calling peta a terrorist

16. More sanctuaries and conservation centers, no more zoos for entertainment.

17. Breaks my heart this should be banned its 2019!!!!!!!

18. Anyone who goes to a zoo or circus supports animal cruelty

19. #letitgo

20. Imagine when the whole infrastructure goes down and is humans start dying out. Exotic animals will become part of nature here in the U.S

21. Of course they have "behavioral problems", they are animals not humans you can condition…SOOOOOOOO heartbreaking!!!

22. Umm ok WWF so what are you going to do about sea world??? Talking about animals in natural environments and natural behaviors. One of the ex trainers just came out about the whales and let’s not forget blackfish documentary. And if you haven’t see it here’s the link of the trainer and I think black fish is still on Netflix. https://youtu.be/yDCgNo5XW84

23. Social media is killing this world…IT'S NOT THAT SERIOUS YOU GUYS!

24. You guys are now figuring this out

25. Let's put George Steph in a cage and make him dance!

26. this is awful….

27. Not cool

28. I was touring South East Asia and saw a female elephant being led around in chains by its impoverished "owner" among tourists. Deal was you buy one or more small bananas from the guy and feed them to the elephant.

    I noticed there were chains around her feet that had spikes on them pointed into her ankles. I felt sick to my stomach. I looked at the elephant's face and how she moved. She seemed tired, sluggish, and broken. I looked into her eye that faced me, I tried to convey sympathy. I wanted to apologize to her for my species torturing her. The elephant stared back at me, and I felt helpless. She then slowly lowered her eye and head to towards the ground. The owner then yanked at her chains. She twitched, winced, and shuffled slowly away from me, and I shed some silent tears.

    I've since learned that their are non-profit elephant rescue organizations in countries with this problem that I could have called had I known. There are quite a few heartening videos from these organizations up on YouTube.

    Fast foward 2 years. An Old Time circus was brought to my town by the city's July 4th committee. They put up their big tent for afternoon shows that weekend. In the mornings they sold elephant, camel, and horse rides. I went over with my young daughter to where an elephant was being loaded with a parent and child. I looked into the elephant's eye and felt its resigned sadness. I couldn't ride the elephant, and my daughter was soon laughing hysterically as two small petting goats nibbled on her dress.

    I can't look at an image of an elephant anymore without remembering the ankle spikes.

29. Horrible that this happens

30. Stop Abusing Animals. Rescue & Care for the Animals. 🙏🏼💖☝💯✔

31. If something you see wrong immediately report to the police

32. Because reality is just one big fn disney movie👍☹

33. No animal should be in captivity.

34. This video made me rethink my visit to Sea World when I was 3. 😭

35. LORD BRING THE DOOM!!!

36. WORST animals on earth 🌎 HUMANS 👺👺👺

37. It is pretty cool when the animals go crazy and annihilate people.

38. Pat Craig is a hero, as are the thousands of rescuers across this country.

39. This is the sad truth of animal exploitation. However, USA isn't exception. Animals are hunted, killed cruelly and those life killers show off as well. https://youtu.be/hbP2SKr8twg

40. “Correct elephants behavior” as if them acting out of instinct is unwarranted 🙁

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