I've seen painting elephants in Thailand ... they did a lot of other tricks, too, as a kid I really enjoyed it but now looking back I really doubt they were treated well and I don't really want to consider how they actually trained them. I'm guessing it's not much different from circuses 
. I haven't had the heart to look it up. The reason I think so is because the zoo in here (Toronto) has huge compounds for their animals and tries to put them in their natural habitat and also does conservation work to encourage breeding and I think they're treated as well as possible given the situation (loss of habitat and conservation concerns), the zoo I went to in Thailand was really small and more like a private business.
. I haven't had the heart to look it up. The reason I think so is because the zoo in here (Toronto) has huge compounds for their animals and tries to put them in their natural habitat and also does conservation work to encourage breeding and I think they're treated as well as possible given the situation (loss of habitat and conservation concerns), the zoo I went to in Thailand was really small and more like a private business.
