![]() ![]() Bram’s father describes the bullhook “This is a guide – a liaison between you and your charge, to express your desires to the elephant”. It makes a strong case for the difference between good training and abusive training. Having formed strong opinions on circuses, elephants logging and especially the use of the bullhook on elephants, this book was challenging me from a series of different angles. ![]() It was a book that, above all, made me think. A storm hits them near the coast of India, they are shipwrecked and so begins their adventures through India, where they face bandits, revolutionaries, cruel animal trainers As the circus is sold to an American owner, and Bram, faced with being separated from his best friend, stows on the boat. The two are born on the same day and grow up together forming a close and loyal friendship, Bram’s father is the elephant trainer for the circus in Germany. The story describes the friendship and adventures between a young boy, Bram, and an elephant named Modoc. The first in the series of Elephant books I have been reading was “ Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived” by Ralph Helfer. ![]()
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