Recently, the topic of lifting the ban on elephant export in Thailand has attracted the attention and heated discussion of many netizens. Tens of thousands of people jointly opposed the lifting of the ban on elephant export in Thailand. What's going on? It is reported that Thailand will begin to moderately relax restrictions on Thai elephant activities and export products as soon as the second quarter of this year. This article brings you a detailed introduction to the lifting of the ban on elephants in Thailand and the current situation in Thailand. Let's have a look.
Udon, director of Thailand's foreign trade department, revealed that the Ministry of Commerce had made new amendments and adjustments to the export restrictions on elephants in Thailand as early as April 10 this year, including elephant export regulations, methods and conditions.
According to the new regulations, in the future, Thai elephant living bodies and products that meet the following three conditions will be allowed to be exported conditionally, but must obtain the approval of relevant departments. The three situations are: 1. Elephant scientific research; 2. Establishing diplomatic relations with other countries; 3. Some elephant body organs and products are allowed to be exported conditionally, such as for scientific research or antique works of art with collection value.
According to the current progress, the new version of the implementation regulations will be completed in the near future. The export of live elephants and products from Thailand will start in the second quarter of this year. According to Thailand's earlier regulations on elephant protection, both living elephants and products are prohibited from export.
As a national treasure of Thailand, elephants have been strictly protected. Although the government allows individuals to own the private rights of elephants, in order to avoid private elephant smuggling and trade violations, any individual who keeps elephants needs to apply to the relevant departments for filing, and regularly report the survival and health status of elephants. Thailand has imposed a strict ban on elephant export trade since 2009, and no individual or unit is allowed to export Thai elephants outside Thailand.
Udon acknowledged that the newly revised regulations on elephant export supervision may trigger heated discussions among domestic elephant protection organizations and groups, and the Ministry of Commerce will work with relevant departments to answer public concerns. After years of effective protection measures, the number of domestic elephants in Thai folk families has increased, and the wild elephants have also lost effective protection.
1、 Thailand lifted the ban on elephant export for the first time in 10 years, and tens of thousands of people jointly opposed it
Thailand's Ministry of foreign trade recently relaxed restrictions to pave the way for exporting elephants for non-commercial purposes. This symbolizes that the 10-year ban on the export of elephants in Thailand may be broken. The Thai government's move attracted some opposition.
According to the current progress, the export of Thai elephant living bodies and products will start in the second quarter of 2019. According to Thailand's earlier elephant protection regulations, both living elephants and products are prohibited from export.
The Thai government's intention to legalize the export of domesticated elephants has been strongly opposed by animal activists, who say elephants may suffer on their way abroad. In addition, wild elephants may also be listed for sale, the Thai National Daily reported on the 13th.
At present, about 17000 people have jointly petitioned on the website to prevent the export of Thai elephants. The petition said: 'many years ago, Thailand gave elephants as gifts to many countries for experimental research. At the same time, it also gave many elephants as a sign of friendship to zoos, circuses, etc. Unfortunately, many elephants die of disease and abuse during transportation. We are sure that history will repeat itself and elephants will die. "
According to Thailand's headline news report, Thailand's foreign trade department director udun recently issued a statement saying that due to the introduction of the '2019 elephant export conditions regulations', many parties misunderstood that elephants are allowed to trade freely. He explained that the regulations impose strict conditions on the export of elephants. They are only allowed to export for scientific research, the establishment of international friendly diplomatic relations and conditional use for antique art. They are not open to elephant trading, and the units applying for the export of elephants can only be government departments.
2、 Thailand lifted elephant export ban
Recently, the Thai government lifted the ban on elephant export, which is the first time in 10 years that the Thai government has allowed the export of elephants.
According to the foreign trade department of the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand, the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand has issued the latest regulations on the export of elephants. Only registered elephants are allowed to be exported, and the export must meet the following three conditions: 1. For scientific research purposes; 2. To promote friendly relations; 3. The purpose of exporting elephant body organs or elephant products is for academic research, or for export as cultural relics and works of art. In addition, the departments that are allowed to export elephants must be government departments, such as the National Park Administration, the Royal Zoo and the forestry bureau. The export is not for commercial purposes.
These regulations issued by the Ministry of Commerce will not take effect until the animal husbandry department of the Ministry of Agriculture issues regulations on elephants. The Ministry of Commerce will entrust the National Park Administration to issue export certificates for qualified elephants. It is estimated that Thailand will start exporting elephants as soon as the middle of this year.
Elephant export is a very sensitive topic in Thailand. Both animal protection organizations and ordinary people are very concerned about it. Relevant departments need to be very cautious in formulating policies. Thailand has banned the export of elephants for 10 years. The reason is that the government stipulates that the export of elephants is not allowed before the registration of each artificially domesticated elephant in Thailand, so as to prevent criminals from exporting wild elephants as artificially domesticated elephants, resulting in the extinction of wild elephant populations.
3、 Thailand allowed elephant exports for the first time since 2009
Thai newspapers reported that the Thai Ministry of trade and the Thai National Parks Department issued orders for the first time since 2009 on Friday (May 10) to legalize elephants exported from Thailand and elephant related commodities.
Under the framework of combating the illegal export of ivory and cruel treatment of animals, Thailand imposed a ban on elephant export in 2009.
The order issued on Friday allows the export of a certain number of elephants and "elephant related" commodities for scientific research and diplomacy. This order will not take effect until the Thai parliament passes the elephant export law. It has been listed as the agenda of the new Thai Parliament. The members of the new session of the Thai Parliament are elected by the national election on March 24.
In the early 20th century, more than 100000 domesticated elephants lived in Thailand. At that time, there was no information on the number of wild elephants in Thailand. At present, Thailand has about 3500 domesticated elephants in tourism, film and television industry, logging and other fields, and the number of wild elephants does not exceed 1000.
4、 On a holiday in Thailand, the status of elephants is higher than that of people? Elephants enjoy God's treatment and eat 10 tons of fruit
Many people know that Thailand has many interesting festivals. The most anticipated festival in Thailand every year is the water sprinkling Festival (songgan Festival) and the Water Lantern Festival in Chiang Mai. These two festivals are the most popular time for tourism in Thailand. Many people personally travel to Thailand to experience these two festivals.
In fact, there are many interesting festivals in Thailand. Today is Thailand's annual elephant Festival. The 'Thai elephant Festival' was held in Huaxin, Thailand. The theme of Thailand's elephant Festival is to advocate that we love elephants and get along well with elephants. Thailand is a country producing wild elephants, but in recent years, there are fewer and fewer elephants. In addition to changes in the ecological environment, nature also has the impact of the elephant riding industry economy.
At the scene of the elephant Festival, tourists and locals fed elephants with bananas and enjoyed emperor like treatment. Moreover, on that day, the organizer specially prepared 10 tons of fruit cake to feast these elephants. Under the leadership of the elephant trainer, the elephants slowly came to the tourists. Wearing this red headcap, they looked like a princess crown and enjoyed different treatment.
In the past, elephant riding was the main force of tourism development in Thailand. Some people went to Thailand to travel three treasures, see temples and see human demons Riding Elephants. But as tourists become familiar with the cruelty behind Riding Elephants, more and more tourists refuse the experience.
In fact, don't look at the elephants. In fact, the most vulnerable part of them is the north. Generally, an elephant can't walk with people on its back for more than 4 hours, but in order to let the elephant accept it, the elephant trainers whipped up the whip, shut up the baby elephant and began cruel training. The workload of elephants is very large every day, because ordinary tourists do not ride elephants directly on the back of elephants, but add an iron chair to the elephant, which virtually increases the burden. Coupled with the weight of two tourists, it is really heavy on elephants. Coupled with the elephant trainer sitting in front, the elephant is under such great pressure.
If you have the opportunity to travel to Thailand, I strongly do not recommend Riding Elephants. Taking care of elephants is the best way when they are endangered. The elephant festival in Huaxin, Thailand, shows a grand festival in which Thais get along well with elephant tourists. If you go to Thailand next time, you might as well attend the elephant Festival, so that you don't have to ride elephants to reach them, feed them and touch them.
5、 In Chiang Mai elephant protection camp, we knew how difficult it was for elephants to survive
After arriving in Thailand, it has become a must to interact with elephants. Elephants in Thailand can pitch, draw and stand on one foot. They have many skills, which surprised and applauded tourists. However, this reminds me of a question asked by someone: "do circus animals know they are performing?" The answer with the most praise is: 'I don't know. They just know that if they don't obey, they will be whipped and starved.'
Human performance is a challenge and will become an art for people to admire and shout. We are very clear about what we do and what we can lose through performance. Whether it is the harvest at the practical level or the harvest at the emotional and spiritual level, we are very clear that in the process of breaking through ourselves again and again, we will lose growth, even if we are afraid of hardship and tired, We will get a sense of achievement because of progress and success.
But these animals, they will not rejoice because of applause, they will only act because of fear. A child's mother said, 'every animal performance is a vivid bullying class. We let children see the dexterity of animals and may also let children witness such violent scenes. Animal performance itself is to convey & lsquo; It's normal to enslave animals for our pleasure & rsquo& lsquo; Build happiness on the pain of other species & rsquo; It's a reasonable thing. " So she never takes her children to animal shows.
Thailand is a tourist country with perfect tourism system and various tourism projects. You can choose from jungle leap, mountain cycling, Thai cooking courses, yoga courses, food taste, Thai dance, etc. Elephants are the characteristics of Thailand. They should live in the natural environment of Thailand. They are free and free. Ivory has been boycotted. Elephant performances and other animal performances should also be boycotted, shouldn't they? This is the real respect for life.
It's not impossible to have close contact with elephants in Chiang Mai. We can go to the Chiang Mai elephant protection camp where there is no elephant performance to rescue trapped and injured elephants. For tourists, we can bathe elephants, walk with elephants and play together in the protection camp. This is a valuable close interaction.
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