What do you think it takes to make the Alberto Vargas wine makes me happy humans make my head hurt shirt? Maybe it looks like that elephant is really painting because it wants to become the next Van Gogh, but the abusive training methods used to force young elephants to paint, ride bikes, and play darts leave them broken and battered. What isn’t easily seen is what needs to be looked for: a knife hidden in the trainer’s hand, chains with nails piercing the skin, wounds, and scars from the ever-present bullhooks, whips, electric prods, and stun guns.
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