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The Dark Reality Behind India’s Festival Elephants

Overheard at National Geographic by National Geographic

Apr 25, 202321:08Science & Medicine

Asian elephants have been captured and tamed by people in Southern Asia for thousands of years as war machines, beasts of burden, and part of religious festivals. It’s a practice that continues to this day, but some acti...

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The Dark Reality Behind India’s Festival Elephants is an episode from Overheard at National Geographic by National Geographic. Asian elephants have been captured and tamed by people in Southern Asia for thousands of years as war machines, b...

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Published Apr 25, 2023, 21:08 long, audio available.