Everything has 2 sides..
The camps should maybe better controlled.
I enjoyed some elephant trekking tours already, in Chiang Mai, Koh Chang and Pattaya.
I never saw any abuse or had a feeling the elephants don't like what they do.
The opposite, on the tour at Koh Chang we took a bath and swim and dive together with the elephant and I'm 100% sure the elephant enjoyed it very much as well as the near contact to humans.
So there are always 2 sides.
Have a great day
Tom

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