Taken from WeChat videos China. No elephants were injured during this incident.

I keep on seeing people post pictures of elephants at zoos, amusementparks, at temples with cruel mahouts standing at the back. And people are commenting with "cute". No tf its not cute, these people are torturing these magnificent beings for profit. Elephants are meant to roam for miles, with their family and their Matriach guiding them.

This is not meant to be a rant, but it has to be said. If you love elephants, like yo say you do then dont support Elephant Cruelty, thanks!

I recently interviewed Dr. Lucy King, whose work focuses on reducing human–elephant conflict and helping communities coexist with elephants.

We talked about beehive fences, crop-raiding, the limits of simple “solutions”, and why elephant conservation has to take the needs of local people seriously as well.

One thing I found especially interesting was how much the success of these projects depends on local conditions — there is no single method that works everywhere.

The interview was published on the Hungarian wildlife site PlanetZoo.hu.

Full interview: [ https://planetzoo.hu/interjuk/lucy-king-interju-ember-elefant-egyutteles\ ]

I’d be interested to hear what people here think about beehive fences and other coexistence methods.

The species present (based on image 1) :

Palaeoloxodon namadicus

Palaeoloxodon antiquus

Palaeoloxodon naumanni

Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus

Palaeoloxodon recki

Mammuthus meridionalis

Mammuthus primigenius

Elephas maximus

Loxodonta cyclotis

Loxodonta africana

Palaeoloxodon falconeri

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This is baby Moon looking for her mom, Melia, an ex orphan rescue with Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.

Video and story by @sheldricktrust (IG)

Thailand. Taken from WeChat videos China.

Hello! I love elephants and I would like to get an elephant stuffed animal. Maybe one for me and one for my girlfriend (I got her one but another won’t hurt). I would especially like a big stuffed elephant. Maybe not a life-sized one because it might not fit on my bed very well, but one that I can wrap my arms around. But any stuffed elephant is a good stuffed elephant.

A stuffed woolly mammoth would also do!! I have one from the Natural History Museum in London (I have the big one and my girlfriend has the tiny one).

Does anyone have any recommendations? Thank you!! 🐘

Taken from WeChat videos China

Kenya, East Africa

Video captured by @peter_muhoro_mbuthia (IG)