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The 2 weeks total I spent at WFFT was beyond an experience, it allowed me to explore things that not very many people can say they experienced. Hearing how all the animals arrived here and what their background was and because of those experiences it either made them a better animal or in some cases may have broken them to where they hate humans or even more specifically certain sexes of humans just like humans. What an animal is capable of and what they are capable of thinking about is unreal, especially the monkey\u2019s and elephants.<\/p>\n

They say humans are very closely related to primates and I always thought \u201cyeah, whatever that’s cool I guess\u201d but this experience let me see that first hand that some of these monkeys would do just about anything to either please you, or hurt you depending on their backgrounds. Most of the wildlife portion of the rescue at WFFT either came from a private owner or a temple. I actually witnessed a gibbon coming to the rescue from his 2 owners a man and wife that heavily sedated this animal with human sleeping pills for the drive but because these people raised this monkey in their home and hand fed it, it actually didn\u2019t know how to properly use it\u2019s hands, it had to be hand fed.<\/p>\n

Most people bring these animals to WFFT with the best intentions but people don\u2019t realize how much harm they can cause them, literally killing them with kindness and love. In the Buddhist religion if someone drops an animal off at a temple, the monks cannot decline it they have to care for it but they can only feed it what is donated which is how 2 of the bears at the sanctuary were named \u201cPepsi,\u201d and \u201cCola\u201d because all they had was Pepsi and CCla. Most of the monkeys came in the same way.<\/p>\n

All of the elephants at WFFT either came from or a combination of logging, trekking, begging, and circus camps. All the elephants endured the terrible ritual called \u201cPhajaan\u201d which is \u201cbreaking of the spirit\u201d where they are starved, left alone, and abused. Now after the \u201cPhajaan\u201d is over a single human called a \u201cmahout\u201d gives them their first meal and drink and gains the elephants trust by loving them, feeding them, and treating them very well for the most part but these mahouts can still lead them to any of the terrible lifestyles of trekking, logging, circus, etc. but most of these elephants love and respect their mahouts and will do anything they say. Now as I said about the monkeys, same as for elephants most of the elephants wont hurt their mahout but there are the few that have actually killed their mahouts. There is an elephant at the sanctuary that you must stay 10 ft. away from his enclosure because if he gets a hold of a human, you will be dragged in and have a very low chance of coming out alive. Khan Kluey went through the \u201cPhajaan\u201d process but was taken before the rewarding part could happen of the process, so he only knows humans to be these terrible beings.<\/p>\n

These 2 weeks here at  WFFT  have shown me what animals are capable of, and what they are capable of feeling and thinking in the flesh. I saw it and witnessed it with my own eyes, I didn\u2019t hear it on TV and just believe whatever I heard.<\/p>\n

My biggest message at the end of this experience was think twice and extra hard before adopting an animal, before \u201csaving\u201d a wild animal, and give a domestic and\/or wild animals extra patience and thought before approaching or dealing with them because at any moment that animal can severely hurt you or even kill you, they are capable of more you could even fathom.<\/p>\n

Animals are not much more far off than humans. Don\u2019t take any living being for granted. Lastly, don\u2019t ride any elephant it actually causes much pain and permanently damages their spines. Don\u2019t buy any goods made from ivory, don\u2019t give money to a begging elephant or any facility such as a circus that makes elephants perform very difficult tasks.<\/p>\n

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