Animals like elephants are suffering everywhere. More awareness of what goes up behind the scenes should reach the common man.
Please watch the free documentary "Where The Elephant Sleeps" available on vimeo, made on their suffering in tourist-rides at Jaipur in India.
You have covered an important issue here. Resteemed!
Thanks @xyzashu! Yes - they are definitely suffering greatly not only in Thailand. It's so sad to see and hopefully more and more people will become aware of this issue. I'll definitely check out the documentary! Thanks for the recommendation.