Pink Elephants? Try animal abuse

[Lady's Human]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/17/pai....ap/index.html

Painting an elephant as art?

[Karen]

Well, it does say

" Tai has done many, many movies," owner Kari Johnson said. "She's used to makeup." But what make-up covers one's whole body, and besides, why would elephants need make-up for a movie???

At least the paint was nontoxic, and elephants enjoy baths - but wouldn't having a beautiful just-as-she-is elephant been just as effective? YES!

[Lady's Human]

I just know what "non-toxic" camo paint feels like when I'm covered in it, and don't think the elephant feels much better. Just don't think a painted nuffalump counts as art.

[BC_MoM]

I don't think that's animal abuse. When I took riding lessons, our instructor would paints parts of the horse for our theory classes.

[lizbud]

It's an abuse against common sense. A really dumb idea.

[animal_rescue]

I don't think it's abuse... We used to(and still can) paint our horses in 4-h for Contesting Day. It's quite fun and none of the horse mind. Heck we'll even paint ourselves, so we match the horses!

[Vette]

It's an abuse against common sense. A really dumb idea.

Exactly...

wonder how much money goes into that.
when the money could go for helping people out..
instead of spending it on a bunch of stupid paint.

[cuteinpink]

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[Lady's Human]

Once again, the difference between painting or dying the fur on a dog, cat or a horse and what they did to the elephant is that on the elephant the paint was applied directly to the animal's skin, as opposed to painting or dying the fur.

[catnapper]

Wow, thats stupid.

Does anyone watch "Myth Busters"? They did a show based on the girl from the James Bond movie "Goldfinger" where the girl died from being painted gold. They painted the one Mythbuster with gold latex paint. He had some serious physical reactions, mainly alarmingly high bloodpressure. His body reacted badly to not being able to breathe. Wouldn't an elephant's body also do the same?

[Karen]

Wow, thats stupid.

Does anyone watch "Myth Busters"? They did a show based on the girl from the James Bond movie "Goldfinger" where the girl died from being painted gold. They painted the one Mythbuster with gold latex paint. He had some serious physical reactions, mainly alarmingly high bloodpressure. His body reacted badly to not being able to breathe. Wouldn't an elephant's body also do the same?

They used "body paint" which, like make-up, does allow the skin to "breathe" more than a latex paint would, but I don't even tolerate make-up, and cannot image te elephant was very comfortable.

[Pawsitive Thinking]

AN ELEPHANT 'IS' ART - IN ITS NATURAL STATE - YOU IDIOT!!

Exactly! poor thing looked really fed up

[Argranade]

I think its ok to paint a few small hearts or somthing on animals but there entire body... now that is not needed this elephant would look much better with its natural skin colour.

This was not Abuse tho....

[mugsy]

Body paint or not...it serves no purpose but to entertain humans, which is ridiculous. I know I don't like having my skin painted, and like LH, I don't think the elephant was very pleased.

People have to understand that animals are not on this earth to entertain humans and satisfy their every whim...

[moosmom]

Lizbud,

It's an abuse against common sense. A really dumb idea.

Check out this book on painting cats. I got it as a gift and it's a hoot. Totally harmless as they use food coloring. Some of the cats are gorgeous!!!

http://www.whypaintcats.com/

THIS is my favorite. Too bad they didn't paint Bush's face there instead. How apropeau (sp?) would THAT be??