Never more chains and beatings! After 35 years of exploitation, this elephant is finally free

Farewell forced work, goodbye psychological and physical stress, goodbye heavy chains to the legs, blows of pointed sticks and deprivations. After decades of exploitation, the life of this elephant is about to change forever, but she still doesn’t know.

His name is Silk, he is an Asian elephant female and, as unfortunately it happens for many, too many, his companions, so far he has known only the imprisonment. For almost 35 years, Silk has been forced to carry tourists around his back or move trunks without ever being able to subtract from his owner’s orders. This is the summary of an infernal existence, his.

So it was until the end of August when the defender of the Aaron elephants of the Association Planting Peace, In collaboration with other bodies, he told the web the story of Silk and shown the conditions in which he spent all these years.

For his birthday, the activist launched a touching appeal to the web, asking to celebrate this event with the liberation of Silk. No personal gifts, therefore, rather support and offers to save this elephant. This is Aaron’s desire.

Its goal is to subtract as many elephants as possible and one at each birthday. This year it’s up to Silk, but to do so you need everyone’s support. Aaron believes it all the way, confiding in the heart of followers and in the word of mouth of social networks. Also this time his supporters have not abandoned him.

Only a few days have passed from the video shared by Aaron, few but sufficient to achieve the desired result. Thanks to the donations received, Silk’s harness has been removed forever. And this is only the beginning, a rebirth.

The new life of Silk

An exciting video traces the last captivity trip of Silk, a journey that will take her to a completely different direction. It will not be delivered in the hands of another master, but will be transferred to a sanctuary.

To welcome it is the FollWing Giants refuge, a place of recovery and rehabilitation for elephants from sizes of mistreatment. Here the animals live in their natural habitat and have no contact with tourists, who can only observe them at a safe distance.

Silk traveled aboard a truck with the latest flashes of light of an unforgettable day. With the fall of the sun, a chapter lasted too long closes and you prepare to rewrite another free from any form of suffering.

Reached the sanctuary, Silk was temporarily transferred to a small area where he consumed fruit and vegetables at will. The late arrival of the pachyderm and other small complications have made changes to the roadmap, but this is also part of the recovery. The staff of the sanctuary is well aware of it.

Despite the unexpected events, the team of Blowing Giants He managed to remove Silk chains. It is incredible how, even in front of a particularly hard chain to break, the elephant has shown himself to be calm and patient. He had probably understood that those people were there to help her and not hurt her.

Here in the sanctuary everything is different from what the pachyderm has experienced so far. New stimuli, new smells, new roads and new rhythms marked by barris of freedom and not by forcing. It will take some time before Silk gets used to this change so radical and regain confidence, but in the sanctuary the haste has not placed.

All the animals hosted by the structure are free to carry out their natural behaviors and express themselves as they want, choosing how and when to get in touch with their fellow men or spend the day. Nobody will decide for them neither for Silk. Good sweet life elephant.