Distressed elephants in Beijing Zoo

The movie shows pathological stereotypical behaviour of Asian elephants in the Beijing zoo. September 2003. The trunk-tossing, foot-waving and body-swaying movements are typical of the near-psychotic state of intelligent animals confined, deprived, probably chained and possibly abused.

I have posted the still versions on a Picasa Web Album. Most of the images are of two young African eles, who were in fact having great time cavorting in the water, unlike their obviously miserable Asian cousins.

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