So this director I admire and worked with on Silverwood: Final Recordings (youtu.be/VPHyQF_Z4GM) named Stephen Reedy contacts me earlier this year asking about where he can find a humanely trained elephant for a commercial hes directing. He knows I have volunteered three times in Thailand w Elephant Nature Park and advocate for the welfare and rights of this endangered species domestically with Performing Animal Welfare Society - PAWS and Animal Defenders International. So with genuine concern, he came to me. I explained to this thoughtful and artistic director that for performing elephants there is unfortunately no such thing as humane training/care and directed him to a video showing Have Trunk Will Travel (the main supplier of elephants for rides, displays and movies like Water For Elephants) electric shocking and beating with a bull hook their star elephant (youtu.be/XYZFuYfgS-c), directed him to a few other sites including stopcircussuffering/ and explained that training is called breaking the animal - what are we breaking? The animals spirit. Imagine how much force must be used to break the spirit of a being bigger than two Ford pick up trucks put together. All so they will stand still and hold humans in their back for a commercial? The director was shocked and agreed that this seems horrible and I didnt hear from him for months. Until I got the text below and saw the final commercial. He said because if me they decided not to use a live elephant and look at how creatively they redesigned with a giant toy elephant! I cried and still do when I see Show Me Your Mumus commercial because this is one day that a director and a company in Hollywood did the right thing. And the end result embodies such fun and compassionate awareness - something much more cost effective and more in line with this companys image anyway. Thank you, director Stephen Reedy and Show Me Your Mumu clothing! Through tears, thank you thank you thank you. I spend so much time amongst what needs change - and thats a hard place to be aware of and active in sometimes. Its victories like this that remind me its worth it and some shining people and companies really do care and do the right thing when they know. Please visit Stephen Reedy and Show Me Your Mumu respective pages, support their work and thank them for being honorable and making a difference. stephenreedy showmeyourmumu #animalwelfare #vegan #honor
Posted on: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 02:27:01 +0000
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