OMNIHASH: Az na to, že v Pinnewala se ti sloni nepohybujou zcela volne. Jsou vedeny mahoutama který si pomahaj tzv.bullhookem což je tyč s ostrym hákem na konci. A i tady se sloni privazujou řetězama viz report od Born Free:
Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage
http://www.bornfree.org.uk/.../sri-lanka-elephants/responsible-tourism/pinnewala-elephant-orphanage/
The elephants at Pinnewala are not kept permanently chained, but it is often possible to see individual animals chained, often in distressing circumstances. During a visit in March 2004, Born Free witnessed several elephants chained at different places in the river during the morning bathing period. One in particular was chained to a rock and was straining on the chain - visibly distressed by not being able to follow the herd. Back at the main site, several elephants could be seen tied to trees by two or three limbs. This offers very limited opportunities for movement, and in some cases no access to clean water for much of the time spent restrained in this way. This clearly compromises the welfare of the animals.
It is also easy to see the mahouts on site, carrying the ‘ankus’, the traditional elephant training tool. This long stick has sharp metal points at one end, which are used to control the elephant. Whilst these may be used irregularly, it is this threat of pain that makes elephants trainable, and hence makes it possible to herd the animals around the site and down to the river on a daily basis. When asked, mahouts in most places will generally say that although they have an ankus they very rarely use it – unfortunately this is not always the case. The training, threatening and herding of animals in this way, although practised throughout Asia, shows that the animals’ welfare cannot be given the highest priority, as one would hope from a facility calling itself a sanctuary.