Pink Elephants? Try animal abuse

[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...

[Dorothy39]

Apparently, this Artist took his creativity to a new level!!! Too bad he doesn't know how to actually create ART!!!

( Hey, why not paint a live elephant?)


While it may not be "abuse", it certainly reveals that this artist(for lack of a better definition) must have been educated beyond his intelligence!!!!

He was lucky that he chose the "Asian elephant."

An African Bull or cow "might " have reacted differently!!!!

[RICHARD]

I thought I was going to save my liver....

[Twisterdog]

This is not even CLOSE to animal abuse. Work at a shelter for a while, and you will see REAL abuse.

We will never know if it bothered the elephant a little bit or not. But it most certainly not abuse.

I have heard the same thing about poodles dyed pink ... "Poor dog! That's abuse!" No, it's not even close. Dogs love their new hair styles, actually, because of ALL the attention it brings them. As a groomer, I've seen it time and time again.

[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??