Most Buddhists are compassionate, so why do Thais force animals to perform?

I think the reason why some people in Thailand do this animal show is because animal shows are more lucrative, and many people rely on animal shows to make a living. It may seem to these people that letting animals perform is not in conflict with the compassion of Buddhist believers. It is undeniable that animal performances are a kind of annihilation of animal nature to a certain extent, in fact, there are many people around the world who resist this kind of animal performances, but after all, the number of people who still like to watch animal shows is the majority, so there are still animal performances to this day.

Thailand is very famous for its animal shows, there are also a lot of animal shows there, the most common animal show is the elephant show, because there are a lot of elephants in Thailand. We can often see some Thai animal performance training on the Internet**, some animal trainers are very cruel, he will use a means of punishment to force animals to perform, like this animal trainer he is completely not the kind of compassion of Buddhist believers in his heart, this kind of person is interests first, he doesn't care about the feelings of animals at all, this kind of training is what we need to resist. <>

But in fact, there are some kinder animal trainers, they will not use that kind of cruel means to force animals to perform, most of them use food to induce animals to make actions that satisfy themselves. I think it's more gentle and kind to use food to induce than to use cruel means. But in general, I personally don't like animal performances, and I actually reject animal non-nature performances in my heart.

In Thailand, not all Thais believe in Buddhism, one of the mainstream sects in Thailand is Buddhism, 90% of Thais believe in Buddhism, but at the same time there are 10% of people who do not believe. <>

And among these non-believers there may be animal trainers, so they are not bound by the Buddhist principle of compassion. Moreover, this kind of compassion in Buddhism is a kind of moral restraint, and we all know that this kind of moral restraint depends on a kind of personal quality, so those who are not highly literate will also do forced animal performances.

That's because there is a difference between the two types of Buddhism, and although Thai people believe in Buddhism, this kind of Buddhism is not the same as that of China. And compassion and animal performances don't feel connected.

Most Buddhists are compassionate, but the reason why Thais force animals to perform is because these people do not believe in Buddhism.

Thailand's tourism industry is relatively developed, and animal performances are a way to make money, which is considered a kind of tourist attraction, even if you are compassionate, you have to make money and make a living, so you will train animal performances.

Although they believe in Buddhism, they do not necessarily strictly follow the dogma. Their compassion is more towards people than for animals. And that's an important reason why animal shows can bring real profits.