Video koji je objavljen na TikToku osvojio je srca ljudi zbog preslatke interakcije između jednog muškarca i bebe slonice.
"Ovo je moja prekrasna prijateljica, slonica Sandy. Kad je ovaj video snimljen, Sandy je bila stara tri tjedna, a ona i njezina majka bile su daleko od ostatka krda. Ovaj kamp je nekoć organizirao jahanje slonova i cirkuske predstave. Nitko ne želi vidjeti slonove na lancima i zbog međunarodnog pritiska i prihoda od turizma mijenjaju se modeli o tome kako se postupa s vlasništvom nad slonovima diljem regije", piše u opisu videa.
"Podrškom i jasnim izjašnjavanjem da želimo da dobrobit slonova bude prioritet, možemo poboljšati živote svih ovih nevjerojatnih životinja, a nadamo se da će beba Sandy biti jedna od prvih u generaciji slonova s kojima će se dobro postupati."
@andrewmalcolmfilms This is my beautiful friend the baby elephant Sandy. Her mother Maenoi and I go back five years. When this video was taken Sandy was three weeks old, and she and her mother were being kept restrained , away from the rest of the herd. This is as much for Sandy’s safety as it is for people. This camp once did elephant back rides and circus shows. Now elephants are only restrained in the evenings, which is necessary to keep them safe from surrounding villages and herbicides in crops. No one wants to see elephants on chains, but through international pressure, and tourist revenue, models are changing about how elephant ownership is being handled all across the region. Through support and clearly stating we want elephant welfare to be the top priority, we can improve the lives of all of these amazing animals, and hopefully baby Sandy will be one of the first of a generation of elephants that love being treated well, loved by her handler (which she already is) and free to live as wild and free a life as is possible for a semi-domesticated elephant in 21st Century South East Asia. #elephant #fyp #babyanimals #traveltiktok #baby #thailand #thailand🇹🇭 ♬ snowfall - Øneheart & reidenshi
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"Taj će slon pamtiti tebe i taj trenutak do kraja života", "Dao bih sve da odem tamo i igram se s tim bebama", "Slonovi su jako slični nama. Oni oplakuju svoje mrtve, imaju jake obiteljske veze i svjesni su sebe. Oni su nevjerojatne životinje", nizali su se komentari.