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Little,small elephanti was just watching national geography today...and their i saw a documantory on the elephants...and they were showing that they are soo innocent and they dance on the music as well...so after that i am thinking that i must buy a small little elephant cz i have space in my home..so what you think????? i am basically a painter and draw the [url=http://www.painturlife.com/galleries/pet-portraits.asp][b]pet portraits[/b][/url] and i think i can afford elephant...is it so expensive ????and what about its care/....is it easy job???if any one practice it then please inform me..i will great ful to you..and will GOVT allow me to have big animel at home???
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Captive elephant
Sun, 2008-03-30 19:39 by msowers
Elephants can't be kept and cared for the way they need to be in a small area and it would certainly not be responsible to attempt it at private homes without very well trained people to care for the elephant. There are many problems with elephants in captivity not the least of which are serious health problems. To be healthy an elephant has to have a huge area to roam and lots of other elephants to interact with. In other words, they should be left in the wild. Their society is based on family and their social relationships last for a lifetime. In addition, even a small elephant would grow into a very, very big elephant faster than you think, and dealing with a several-ton animal is often extremely dangerous. If you are interested in elephants I believe a better thing to do would be to use your art as a voice for conservation and possibly use it as a way to raise money for wild elephants who face many difficulties and dangers in their lives and must be protected to ensure the survival of the species.
Thanks for the good answer
Sun, 2008-03-30 20:02 by admin
Mark, you certainly gave the right answer. Thanks!
However, the original author will likely never read it. He is a spammer, merely trying to advertise his web address on as many web sites as possible in an attempt to sell his or his payer's stuff.
He is probably a poor third-world person posting such messages in a freelancing scheme where he gets paid half a cent for each message he posts. Welcome to the murky downside of Internet business.
Had I noticed the message earlier, I would have deleted it instantly, but now it serves as the intro to your good reply.
[2008-04-01 Just spotted and removed a similar comment, which was a simple copy of another comment with a link to a drug-selling web site underneath, and blocked the user. If anybody sees such messages here, recognizable by the link to a commercial web site, if you are an editor, please delete them straight away, and send me a message with the name of the user, so I can block him. If you cannot delete the spam, just send me a message, and I'll do it.]
Probably true
Sun, 2008-03-30 21:24 by msowers
By the language of the posting I assumed that that was probably the case, but on the off chance the poster was serious I thought it might be a good chance to educate. However, feel free to delete the thread since the topic isn't really relevant.
No big deal
Sun, 2008-03-30 23:16 by admin
Your comment is worth keeping.
Good understanding of the captive v wild issues,
Mon, 2008-03-31 11:49 by Keith
even if the original message was bogus. In fact, Mark, your statement was so clear, concise and to-the-point that it is almost worthwhile keeping the discussion trail in place as an example of "correct thinking". Maybe the original message could be edited to remove the link to marketed website, so that the sender's purpose would be subverted and his/her message converted to a useful exemplar of bad practice.
Thanks for this!
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KL