Book Review : Improving the lot of captive elephants

It is fairly common in parts of Asia to encounter elephants in captivity. Note that the term used is “elephants in captivity”, not “domesticated elephants”. One typically finds elephants involved in strange situations: caparisoned and leading religious processions, moving heavy loads like tree trunks in forest camps, and playing football or riding bicycles in circuses. But these large, powerful and intelligent animals do not indulge in these alien activities of their own volition or for love of the mahout. They have been overpowered through the use of fetters, the ankus, other elephants and possibly starvation. - The Hindu