German illustrator Jenny-Jinya is famous for making her fans cry. Her comic strips were called Tears because they showed how cruel some people can be to animals. Jenny now has a whopping 285k followers on Instagram, proving that people are not immune from animal cruelty, neglect, pollution, environmental hazards and other hardships.
This time, Jenny returns with another heartbreaking strip that raises awareness of how cruel and harmful elephant rides can be. It turns out that the animals are separated from their families in the wild and forced to live in captivity where they are constantly terrified. She’s got some handkerchiefs ready and take a look at the comic below.
When you’re done with this post, she checks out the illustrator’s other mighty comics featuring a black cat, duck, albatross, and lion.
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Jenny has released a strip about an elephant working in a tourist ride, which raises awareness of animal cruelty
Bored Panda contacted Jenny to find out the idea behind this particular elephant comic strip. It turns out that the illustrator came across a photo showing a captured baby elephant that deeply moved her. “He was tied up and seemed to scream in pain as the so-called trainers beat up the poor creature.”
Jenny is convinced that “if more tourists knew how elephants are tortured into submission, perhaps fewer people would support these ‘attractions’”. mounted elephants in the past. “They had no idea how these animals were ‘trained’,” she said.
Image credits: Jenny Jinya
Image credits: Jenny Jinya
Image credits: Jenny Jinya
Jenny confessed that the whole process of drawing such heartbreaking stories is quite sad. “Conducting research on the subject at hand is always depressing enough, but when I sketch out the storyboard, some tears run down my cheeks as well,” she told Bored Panda.
There are many reasons why some people are so cruel to animals. Jenny says that “Some people are profit-minded, others are just poorly educated on certain subjects, and some people can have a lopsided mindset.” But the artist believes that educating people, supporting shelters, signing petitions and reducing the consumption of animal products goes a long way.
According to World Animal Protection, people who want to ride elephants for entertainment have increased. This has increased the number of elephants taken from the wild and kept in captivity by almost a third in the last five years, according to the BBC.
In 2016, WAP surveyed 3,000 elephants living in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and parts of India. They found that only 200 of them lived in acceptable conditions of captivity. Dr Jan Schmidt-Burbach, World Animal Protection (WAP) global wildlife and veterinary adviser, told the BBC: “We want tourists to know that many of these elephants are separated from their mothers as babies, forced to endure harsh training and poor living conditions throughout his life.
People shared their own views on elephant riding
