Comments on: Elephant goes mad http://www.shaarique.com/elephant-goes-mad/ That's how life is! Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:12:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Eric http://www.shaarique.com/elephant-goes-mad/#comment-3676 Eric Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:28:34 +0000 http://www.shaarique.com/elephant-goes-mad/#comment-3676 D'accor Hans. Shame it didnt clean up a few hooray henries on the way. Think its trying to send a message. Dobbs and ilk dont seem to know how offensive and cruel this is in Sri Lanka, but then I dont get the sense they've ever noticed too many Lankans. Oh, I'm sorry, this was for charity> Of course it was D’accor Hans. Shame it didnt clean up a few hooray henries on the way. Think its trying to send a message. Dobbs and ilk dont seem to know how offensive and cruel this is in Sri Lanka, but then I dont get the sense they’ve ever noticed too many Lankans. Oh, I’m sorry, this was for charity> Of course it was

]]> By: Sharique http://www.shaarique.com/elephant-goes-mad/#comment-3675 Sharique Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:11:00 +0000 http://www.shaarique.com/elephant-goes-mad/#comment-3675 Hans, Thanks for bringing out this fact about the game. I was unaware of it. Hans,

Thanks for bringing out this fact about the game. I was unaware of it.

]]> By: hans hoefer http://www.shaarique.com/elephant-goes-mad/#comment-3663 hans hoefer Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:43:40 +0000 http://www.shaarique.com/elephant-goes-mad/#comment-3663 Elephant Polo is truely the most appalling of all "sports". One would expect that your readers are sensitive enough to help expose this misguided hype (which now pollutes India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand tourism) for what it really is : the last hurrah of a most noble species destined for extinction, chased over a dusty field, saddled and applauded by Asia's neo-colonial socialites drenched in gin and tonic. The truth is that these wonderful creatures are degraded to the role of cash cows to enrich promoters and misguided sponsors under the disguise to promoting tourism to Sri Lanka. The opposite is true: the torture and stress revealed by one of the elephants in Galle should be a wakeup call for all animal lovers to demand a permanant stop to such an outrage and violation of nature conservation. Even the claim to history is a blatant lie. No decent polo playing Moghul would ever have lowered himself to such ridicule. Mr Dobbs, You copied this nonsense from Nepal. Stop it now. Make this an annual non-event in Sri Lanka. Hans Hoefer, Singapore and Apa Villas Thalpe Elephant Polo is truely the most appalling of
all “sports”.

One would expect that your readers are sensitive enough to help expose this misguided hype (which now pollutes India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand tourism) for what it really is : the last hurrah of a most noble species destined for extinction, chased over a dusty field, saddled and applauded by Asia’s neo-colonial socialites drenched in gin and tonic.

The truth is that these wonderful creatures are degraded to the role of cash cows to enrich promoters and misguided sponsors under the disguise to promoting tourism to Sri Lanka. The opposite is true: the torture and stress revealed by one of the elephants in Galle should be a wakeup call for all animal lovers to demand a permanant stop to such an outrage and violation of nature conservation.

Even the claim to history is a blatant lie. No decent polo playing Moghul would ever have lowered himself to such ridicule.

Mr Dobbs, You copied this nonsense from Nepal. Stop it now. Make this an annual non-event in Sri Lanka.

Hans Hoefer,
Singapore and
Apa Villas Thalpe

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