Restricted From Social Life

Sook Jai(the elephant) was kept away from other elephants. Mostly chained she was freed only to work by her masters. Over decades she has been working under different people, however similar in the terms of harshness and exploiting her life. She sure fed her handlers and their families as she earned them a lot of money but herself wasn’t even given a completely healthy diet that she deserved.

In this picture, you’ll see her helping her handler (sitting on top of her) to beg. People have deep religious bonds with elephants and giving money to an elephant’s so-called “caretaker” is believed to be a charitable deed. And that’s why you’ll see many similar scenes in Thailand.