Experts say there are less than 200 elephants in the wild and 400 elephants held captive. Many are injured and weak. Respect and protect the the animal symbol on the Thailand flag. The training starts when the elephant is young, then it is taken away from it's mother. The elephant is put in a cage when it can not move. It is beaten up with cubs and picered with bull hooks. After that, it will start working for example [ elepahnt rinding, circus performance]. This is very bad for the elephants, they needus to save them and we need them too.