
However, what they do not realize is that in 2014, a World Animal Protection initiative highlighted the cruel conditions in which these elephants were kept. Every year, thousands of tourists flock to Southeast Asian countries to scratch this activity off their bucket list. Elephant trekking is a popular tourist activity in countries like Thailand. Today, instead of weapons, elephants carry tourists on their backs.

Use of elephants by the logging industry (Photo Credit : Stephane Bidouze/Shutterstock)
