17 — this vegan life

Some people won’t be able to watch that video – I know I wish I hadn’t.

If you’d like to help Elephant Nature Park rescue more elephants, here’s how.

Still a popular tourist attraction in Thailand and many other Southeast Asian countries, elephant rides will only stop when the paying public wake up to their formidable power – if tourists refuse to ride elephants, the horrific torture will stop.

We are all individual forces to be reckoned with. Every penny we spend, every decision we make, sends a signal about what we will tolerate. We can affect change, just by not buying – pretty bloody simple, no?

I long for the day we look back on all the cruelty humans inflicted on our fellow Earth-mates and think, jeez, we got a bit carried away there. Sorry about that chaps. I hope I live to see the day humans revolutionise our relationship to the world. Close down Seaworld, let the elephants roam free.