Terribly sad photo essay

This made me sick to my stomach :tears::mad:

3rd world country, for ya...

If I was watching that show, I'd rather see the cobra "slap the S" out of the performer...

There y'all go, hating on people just trying to make a living.

I'm wishing them the best of luck......in winning a Darwin award.

:( that's really terrible. I have to say, I'm always quite happy and fulfilled when I see the videos or news stories about when the animals like in these cases get the better of their tormentor.

im glad that all animal shows ive ever seen were good EduTainment, entertainment but at the same time you were educated about the animals, and the animals were treated with respect.

these people abuse and hurt the snakes and even kill at least one snake per show, but also they deliver a show no first-world tourist wants to see. Its a colossal amount of ignorance: they make their own jobs less safe, risk their own health more than they would need to, hurt the animals, and all that with the result that most tourists will hate their show.

Some 1st world snake expert should team up with a tourism expert and set this place straight. it must be ignorance, because if they had a better background and more knowledge im sure they actually do not want to commit slow but certain economic suicide by risking their health by abusing snakes in public.

If you see something like this, document it with place + time, upload it, and add it to the google maps metadata and to the online reviews for that tourist destination, send it to groups that care about the specific region or the animals in question, just spread it around. Much has improved in the last 20 years, just because of better communication and more and better media.

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I wonder if those guys think they're tough or if they just think the people watching them think they're tough for beating up harmless, helpless animals 1/100th their size, weight, and intellect. OK maybe comparable intellect for those guys...

Sickening.
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That made my stomach hurt. Poor babies. :(


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That is so sad. I don't know how somebody could do that. :(

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I saw this when it was posted on reddit the other day. The OP paid about the equivalent of $6.50 to see this show and had no idea what he was in for. It's a good reminder to be aware of these sorts of tourist traps when traveling abroad (or even domestically) and avoid giving them money. These operations stay in business because foreigners pay to see it.

Someone posted a 'counter' to it with pics of snake demonstration from a Red Cross-run facility in Thailand that keeps venomous snakes to make anti-venom. http://imgur.com/a/tnqFM

Some people just need to beat on or control others to feel superior. I understand they're trying to make a living...but it's just sad. All we can do is to NOT frequent these types of places...NOT getting my money when I travel abroad...

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Link still works for me :confusd: http://imgur.com/a/WKoQi

i hate them:mad::tears:

Oh lol. Didn't see you linked the word this.

This is indeed terrible though

I would have just shot the performers for the greater good of humanity as well as nature.
Totally unacceptable. There is nothing good at all going on here- if anything, it is a disgusting, parasitic crime. :heartbrea

Considering this is taking place in Thailand, I really doubt these guys are doing it because they enjoy it or feel like tough guys. They probably don't take their day's wages, hop into their Benz and head to the Melting Pot for a lovely dinner and a few glasses of wine. They live in a poverty ridden dump with practically zero opportunities. I'm certainly not condoning it, but some of you folks have never been to a third world country and have no idea what it's like to just survive in that environment...

I think its horrible. It reminds me of rattlesnake round ups.

I've been to Burma and Thailand. It really is a complete 180 from the States. I went to a zoo where a zebra was in a concrete floored cage as small as a child's bedroom and the gator in a box of water where he only had room to turn around. The elephants there are still chained up to stay stationary.

I'm not supporting or trying to justify their actions, but I understand. Their mindset is totally different from here. For the most part, animals (especially snakes) are not equal beings and not sentient to them. They're not doing it to feel tough. They're just ignorant, don't care, and need to make a living. It's money in the pocket from the ever flowing trickle of foreigners.

My mother is from Burma. She said if you didn't bring your dogs or cats in at night, they will become someone's meal the next day. No one cares if its a beloved pet. Its a resource that can sustain a family.

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Considering this is taking place in Thailand, I really doubt these guys are doing it because they enjoy it or feel like tough guys. They probably don't take their day's wages, hop into their Benz and head to the Melting Pot for a lovely dinner and a few glasses of wine. They live in a poverty ridden dump with practically zero opportunities. I'm certainly not condoning it, but some of you folks have never been to a third world country and have no idea what it's like to just survive in that environment...

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That doesn't change the fact that ignorance is bad and respect is important.

if you really want to be shocked and feel bad for our species i can recommend two documentaries.

The first one is called "Grinding Nemo", about fisheries that fish anything a coral reef can provide, just to grind it all into powder to feed fish in fish farms.

The second one is called "Earthlings", a documentary about how humans mistreat animals in 5 categories: animals as pets, animals for food, animals for clothing, animals for entertainment, and animals in scientific research. I couldnt make it past the first segment.

But then, overall, humans are changing quite rapidly and more people assign more value and grant more respect to more living things. In the dark ages in europe, something that was popular and that people would do for fun was cat burning. They would tie up a cat and lower it into a burning fire and the crowd would laugh as the cat screams and catches fire and struggles and burns. This would be done in public places for public entertainment.

So i guess we have come a long way, but its still a long way to go, and the main enemies are ignorance and fear.

It's a cycle. Poverty breeds ignorance breeds poverty breeds ignorance. We like to think of ourselves as enlightened, that we have "come a long way" and we are better than we were 100 years ago. The fact is, we are not.

In a world where thousands of people go hungry everyday, and thousands of pounds of edible food is thrown away because it is not up to appearance standards at a grocery store, we are not enlightened.

In a world where adults who are looked upon as examples and guides regularly sexually molest children, shoot people for no reason, steal, cheat, drive drunk and kill and a host of other improper behaviors and are still held in high regard, are paid ridiculous sums of money and pardoned no matter what, we have not "come a long way".

Personally, for all our so called improved standards of living, whatever that is supposed to mean, I think we were better off 100 years ago.

I will leave you with one last thing. I was born in the south, and sometimes I have a big mouth when I see something I don't like, I just have to say that I don't. So take my ranting as you will.

Gale