{"id":31131,"date":"2025-06-10T04:46:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T04:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=31131"},"modified":"2025-06-10T04:46:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T04:46:01","slug":"images-show-a-starving-weak-70-year-old-elephant-forced-to-walk-miles-for-a-festival","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/popularnews.pw\/?page_id=31131","title":{"rendered":"Images show a starving, weak 70-year-old elephant forced to walk miles for a festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-4063\" class=\"entry content-bg single-entry post-4063 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"entry-content single-content\">\n<p>In 2019, heartbreaking images of Tikiiri, a 70-year-old emaciated elephant forced to walk in a 10-day parade in Sri Lanka, sparked global outrage. Photos showed her frail body hidden under a costume during a Buddhist festival, where she walked miles every night despite poor health.<\/p>\n<p>Tikiiri was one of 60 elephants participating in the event, enduring loud music, fireworks, and tight shackles. Her suffering went viral, prompting over 100,000 people to sign a petition demanding change and calling out the cruelty of using animals in festivals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14390\" src=\"https:\/\/currentnews-foryou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-121.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Though public pressure led to her release from the parade, Tikiiri never recovered and died in September 2019. Her life, described as one of \u201cslavery,\u201d highlighted the inhumane treatment many elephants still face.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14389\" src=\"https:\/\/currentnews-foryou.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-120.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Save Elephant Foundation mourned her death, calling for renewed efforts to protect other captive elephants: \u201cTikiri\u2019s suffering has ended, her soul is now free. No more harm can come to her.\u201d Her tragic story is a painful reminder of the cruelty animals endure \u2014 and the urgent need for compassion and change.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2019, heartbreaking images of Tikiiri, a 70-year-old emaciated elephant forced to walk in a 10-day parade in Sri Lanka, sparked global outrage. 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