10/10 experience, great service, elephants were so cute!
Elephant Freedom Project的点评
点评:I’ve never seen elephants before, so I’m glad I experienced this with the Freedom Project and not a riding company. The briefing beforehand is heartbreaking as they show us what life would have been if they didn’t “rent” these elephants from their owners. If they didn’t pay to rent these elephants then the owners would rent them out to a company that does tourist-trap-riding-activities. The keepers looked very sweet and the elephants were very friendly! Did not know that they purred haha!! We had a group of 15 and everyone was very respectful of each other and let everyone have their turn in scrubbing, washing, touching and taking their solo pics with the elephants. We were handed buckets of bananas to bribe the elephants and spent half a day with them and had lunch on the property as well.
翻译:我以前从未见过大象,所以很庆幸是通过“自由项目”来体验这一历程,而不是通过某个骑马旅游公司。事先的讲解环节真让人心碎——他们向我们展示了如果这些大象没有被“租借”过来的话,它们的生活会是怎样的。要是没有支付租赁费用,大象的原主人就会把它们出租给那些专门从事旅游骑象活动的公司。那些饲养员看起来非常亲切,大象们也格外友善!我以前都不知道大象还会发出呼噜声呢,哈哈!!我们一行15人,大家都互相尊重、礼貌相待,轮流给大象擦洗、清洗身体、抚摸它们,还各自单独与大象合影。我们收到了一桶桶香蕉用来引诱大象,之后便与它们共度了半天时光,还在园区里吃了午饭。