I completely agree. For what it’s worth, the organization Save The Elephants, who were my collaborators on this project, have been working tirelessly to protect elephants for decades. Elephant conservation is what they do, and if not for their efforts elephants would probably be in much worse shape than they are now. If you feel like supporting elephant conservation I included a couple links in the description for how to donate.

@@MickeyPardoPhD Thank you for your kind response. After reflection I believe that why we should learn ELEPHANT is so that we can tell them that man is reaching a crescendo of hatred and violence against them. Zimbabwe, Namibia, Tanzania are the momentary examples; however, until we destroy both the white hunter cabals and the poachers they are incapable of survival. We, their friends, must speak to them in terms that help them find refuge from man. Asian ELEPHANTS are significantly more vocal, so I hope we can identify their ‘terms’ much sooner. I do hope that very soon we can find a manner to enter into their ancient discourse reverentially. Thanks and best wishes…

@@bruceanderson5538 It's interesting that you say that Asian elephants are more vocal than African elephants. In my experience working with Asian elephants in Uda Walawe National Park, Sri Lanka and African savannah elephants in Samburu & Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya, I have actually found the opposite to be the case. I don't think I ever could have done this study in Sri Lanka, and part of the reason for that is because the elephants there vocalized far less frequently than the elephants I studied in Kenya. In Kenya I was sometimes able to get more high-quality recordings in a single week than I managed to get in 7 months of fieldwork in Sri Lanka! Of course, this may not be the case for all populations of Asian and African elephants.

Thank you :). It is true of course that all heterotrophic organisms must eat other living organisms to survive. But fortunately, not all living organisms have the capacity to feel pain or emotions- all the available evidence indicates that that is restricted to vertebrate animals and some invertebrate animals. And as humans, especially humans living in a modern society, we get to choose whether to farm and eat organisms that don’t suffer, like plants and fungi, or organisms that do suffer, like pigs, chickens, cows, and fish. For me the choice is quite clear- if we have the option to massively reduce the amount of suffering in the world at no significant cost to ourselves, we have a moral obligation to do so.

@@MickeyPardoPhD I've known people who must eat meat, and I've known people who swore off eating animals and preached it with great intention. From my limited though extensive survey of our hypochondriac amnesiac traumatized species I conclude there is no physiological rule for sustenance. We're all over the map. Plants react to external stimuli, communicate with each other, and we don't know how much more we can learn about them. To suffer means to allow. Imposing a system of morality on other species or on ourselves concerning other species will incite controversy. Life goes on.

Thank you!

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I hope so!

Thanks, I very much hope so too! The more people who stop buying dairy products the faster we can end this outdated and cruel industry

Thanks! I'd love to have more people with expertise in other areas feature in future videos too!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching! Do you mean more videos about animal intelligence/animal rights in general? Or more KZbin shorts specifically? FYI I just posted a new 11-minute video about maternal love in cows.

More videos about animal rights in general

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Thanks! Couldn't agree more

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Thanks, I appreciate the comment!

Thank you! Stay tuned for some new videos in the near future!

Thank you! Those animations took a while to figure out how to do!

Thank you! And thanks for encouraging me to make it in the first place.

​@@MickeyPardoPhD Very interesting video. I'm happy you made it! 🌱🌱