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Love, War and Circuses: The Age Old Relationship Between Elephants and Humans by Eric Scigliano

shahrun's review

3.0

I found the first 87 pages rather hard going. It still wasn't easy after that though (for one thing there are many unpronounceable names etc). But the more I read, the more I got into this book. I was fascinated, horrified and worried by what I was reading. I cannot believe how elephants get treated at zoos! (never mind the circuses/travelling shows!) I think if you have to use brute force to get an animal (or human) to do something, that should tell you that what you are doing is wrong! (unless perhaps you are detaining a murderer/rapist etc). Reading this book has made me rather alarmed at what humans are doing to the animal world.