Raja – The Innocent Elephant Held Captive By Angry Palm Oil Growers — Dies
Palm oilers,
In cruelty and profit
You revel.
To those of us
In the kind world,
You are tools of
The devil.
Karen Lyons Kalmenson
Photo credit: Ecologist Film Unit (Ulet Ifansasti) and/or Elephant Family: http://www.elephantfamily.org/
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[NOTE: This piece got thousands of hits on the day the story about RAJU (note the “u”) was first published in the international media (7/8/2014) — and still gets more daily.
BUT THIS IS NOT ABOUT RAJU! It’s about Raja, because many are apparently looking for stories about RAJU (note the different spelling; with a “u” not an “a” at the end) the 50 year old captive elephant who supposedly cried after finally being rescued after a life of torture, abuse and imprisonment. That particular punishingly sad story for 50 years, but with an uplifting ending, can be found here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/07/raju-elephant-cries-rescue_n_5564543.html
But this is a different, yet equally sad elephant story about similarly-named RAJA]
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This is such a tragic, heartbreaking and maddening story. Weeks ago, the Ecologist Film Unit, accompanied by the NGO Elephant Family, was documenting the “environmental genocide”…
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Palm oilers,
In cruelty and profit
You revel.
To those of us
In the kind world,
You are tools of
Thevdevil.
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Oops v get outta the last line
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Perfect, as always … thank you.
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and as always, you are so very welcome…and thank you☺♥☻
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What a crying shame. May they get what they deserve.
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I agree, this haunts me, that poor, innocent creature.
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What a horrible, crying shame.
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coudnt the film crew help save baby ?
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Good question, maybe it was a matter of no interference allowed – ? I cannot imagine how anyone could NOT intervene, though.
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lamentável o ser humano!!
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