India - trip to Thekkady part 2 - Elephant ride

Kalpavanam Elephant Park.
Elephants are very lovely and fascinating creatures. It seems like everyone looks different and has their own characters.
Like humans.

It scared me at the beginning when I saw that they were wearing chains on their feets.
I checked for injuries around chains, but there were none.🙏🏽
But clearly the elephants are working there, constantly loading and unloading the people.
We all had a bad conscience about taking part.
While we were first watching the goings-on, we discussed what should we do?
Phil said that the elephants are not doing badly - on the contrary - they are fed and cared for and they have always worked together with humans in India.
It was fun, but there is still an aftertaste of bad conscience.

I wish they were all free.

Later we saw that some of them were without chains.
The chain is only there for safety - he can walk but not run.
If an elephant is not prone to violence and is well-behaved, it doesn't need it.

That was the best thing: 💗

I took time to feed him and give him love, even though the guards rushed him.

He said thank you 😅

Thanks everyone! <3
Cheers!