{"id":140594,"date":"2019-08-19T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T11:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=140594"},"modified":"2019-08-26T11:24:59","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T10:24:59","slug":"sri-lanka-starving-elderly-elephants-emaciated-body-in-buddhist-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2019\/08\/sri-lanka-starving-elderly-elephants-emaciated-body-in-buddhist-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka: Starving Elderly Elephant\u2019s Emaciated Body in Buddhist Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 70-year-old elephant\u2019s emaciated body in the light of day.\u00a0 (Picture: Lek Chailert)<\/p><\/div>\n

13 Aug 2019 – <\/em>This starving 70-year-old elephant is made to walk miles every night so people can feel \u2018blessed\u2019 at a religious festival, an activist has claimed.<\/p>\n

The ailing female elephant, who is called Tikiri, is covered in a colourful costume so the people watching her in the parade do not see her emaciated body.<\/p>\n

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Elephants are made to wear colourful costumes for the Esala Perahera in Kandy, Sri Lanka.
(Picture: Lek Chailert)<\/p><\/div>\n

Lek Chailert, the founder of Save Elephant Foundation, said Tikiri is one of 60 elephants being forced to work for ten consecutive nights at the Esala Perahera, a Buddhist festival in Kandy, Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n

She claims the elephants are \u2018short shackled\u2019 so they walk slower through the noisy chaos of the night parade.<\/p>\n

Chailert, whose organisation rescues elephants in Thailand, said \u2018no one sees the tears\u2019 in Tikiri\u2019s eyes in a heartfelt post on World Elephant Day.<\/p>\n

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Tikiri is forced to parade through the city for ten consecutive nights.\u00a0 (Picture: Lek Chailert)<\/p><\/div>\n

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