Elephants forced to pull broken-down tractor overloaded with logs in Thailand

Shocking footage shows how elephants are forced to pull logs just weeks after a jumbo was found dead from exhaustion doing the same job. The disturbing practice was reduced following a ban on illegal logging in 1989 but appears to have continued in remote regions. Elephants are seen being forced to pull logs in Phuket, southern Thailand, though it is not known if the logging is permitted, as some forms of deforestation remain legal.

Despite the clear suffering of the elephants, those involved are even posting the the videos on Chinese social media platform TikTok boasting of how they use the animals to do their work.