Chandani - The Daughter of the Elephant Whisperer - Go Wild
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.พ. 2023
- The 16-year-old Chandani has a burning desire: She wants to follow in her father’s footsteps and become a mahout. A Mahout takes care of elephants. Chandani’s father Sunamabanda is one of the most experienced mahouts in Sri Lanka and chief-mahout in the Pinnawala elephant orphanage. He does not have a son to which he could pass on the family knowledge from many generations.
Against the other mahouts’ will, he decides to give his daughter a chance. He gives her responsibility for the young elephant Kandula. By working with this young elephant every day, Chandani must demonstrate that she is serious about her wish to become a mahout and that she is willing to learn the complicated tasks a mahout must know. But because Chandani is the first girl in a male profession, everyone doubts her abilities and the other mahouts strongly oppose her plans.
Outside her family, the wildlife ranger Mohammed becomes the only one to support her. He takes her into the jungle, shows her the world of elephants in the wilderness. On one of these trips, Mohammed and Chandani save a little elephant baby from its certain death.
Strengthened by this experience and her mentor’s support, she makes tremendous progress in the work with ‘her’ little elephant Kandula and develops a real emotional attachment to this animal. So she succeeds in persuading her father of her talent. As the first woman in Sri Lanka’s history, Chandani gains the permission to take part in the ceremonial and traditional elephant Perahera. She and the festively decorated Kandula participate in this religious elephant procession with pride, along with those who always doubted that she would ever become a mahout.
However, shortly thereafter, there is another test for Chandani. Kandula is now old enough to be released into the wild. Chandani is very sad, but she has learnt that the wilderness is the world into which her ‘little’ friend really belongs.
With tears in her eyes, she lets him go. But Chandani - the first female mahout in Sri Lanka’s history - knows that there are many new tasks and adventures waiting for her.
An elephant belongs in the wild … definitely not tied up in homes. ❤😊
I agree they do belong in the wild not tied up.thats sad.not slaves either 😢
Great documentary! a lesson to learn. Wild animals should be left in their natural habitat, it was wrong for Chandani's father to buy the baby elephant, and have it tied in his front garden, as if it was a dog. So cruel? I am glad the law caught up with him and he had to return the elephant to the wild, that is where the baby elephant belongs. Chandani, please do not even dream of training an elephant to do tricks or use him for a circus, that is totally against nature and so cruel. I do not believe any animal being chained or tired, even a dog! Chandani, since you have a natural flare and an animal lover, please become a wildlife vet and help injured animals (wild elephants), you certainly have the knack for it! Why do they have so many thick chains around the poor elephant's neck?
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We'll wish her to be a good mahout, and to be the success of her future endeavors, not only be a mahout.
Very Nice Elephant, God Bless You
I guess this documentary is at least 10 years old.. Pinnawala is an orphanage for the elephants and also the largest elephant orphanage in the world. They bring elephants there, that need much help to treat them. So excellent !! ❤️
Yet they buy a baby elephant and chain it up in front of the house
I wish you all the best Chandani, the elephants need more young people like you to love and care for them 🙏🏽💗👍I also think you would make a great veterinarian 🌹🌹🌹🌹I think you are very kind and sweet....lots of love and well wishes from Australia ❤the parade was beautiful, and you and your elephant looked amazing 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼I’m so happy for you to be able to help the young sick baby elephants 😊
I'm really proud of you dhoni.. you are a wonderful living example for all young stars of my country. May triple gems bless you dhoni.
Brutal. Elephants should not be captive anywhere. Leave them alone!
එක්තරා ආකාරයක ආඩම්බරයක් , අබිමානයක් තමයි. එයාලට තව ගොඩක් ආදරෙන් කථාකරන්න. ආදෙරෙන්.
Elephant is the gorgeuest animal we have....
Elephants are wild animals and should be in the wild. They are not domesticated work horses or dogs and even horses and dogs shouldn’t be tied up to a tree all day alone without companionship. Elephants are extremely sensitive animals that definitely shouldn’t be separated from their parents and extended family members as they don’t thrive well away from them. I also don’t like seeing them hit on their heads with sticks. Lek Chalet of Thailand is the true Elephant whisperer and her methods should be observed and taught as she lives with them and treats them with the upmost respect and dignity that they deserve. It’s sad to say that we as humans for some unknown reason feel the need to dominate the animals of this world for our own needs and entertainment instead of letting them be free to live in harmony with us.😔
Halleluyah, I feel the same, it was VERY DISTURBING to see these great majestic creatures hit on the head and body with sticks...DEFINITELY NOT OKAY!!!❤
but many of them are rescued from the wild and most of the healthy elephants will be freed to wild❤
I love Elephants. Cute and Intelligent. Love yuuuuuuuuu Elephants 🐘🐘 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐
I love elephants. We have 2 baby girls elephants born in captivity in our zoo in Tucson. The older one is Nandi and she is 5 now and her little sister Panzi who is 2 now.
Captivity? you westerners can do everything to hurt someone for your profit
@@jigsaw2281 If we did not preserve them the people who live in the countries where elephants roam would decimate the last of a dying species. Locals kill the elephants so they can sell their ivory illegally. For a profit. Zoos run at a deficit. They make the way for elephants who were orphaned to live. They would die otherwise. If the people were not so greedy that they kill an animal for its tusks there would be no need for zoos.
@@JJDigitalartStudio Your opinion on elephants are very bad
@@jigsaw2281 My opinions on those who would destroy them are even worse. I think poachers should be skinned alive and hung on trees to scare away other poachers.
You are so lucky
One of the best docs seen in a long time. Especially when she becomes the first female mahouts to lead the elephant in a parade. Broke the glass ceiling for the first time. Way to go...........
Elephants have amazing memory. I am sure if Chandani gets Kandula years now he will remember her and acknowledge her.
We need to take care of these amazing animals that are elephants
Unfortunately the Hindus in Kerala temples enslave bull elephants torture them in a very painful manner for years to break their spirit to parade them at temple festivals the hi dus are so mean low mentality they pul the hairs on the tail end of the elephant and sell them to Hindus to make gold bangles embedded with elephant hair for their children... And the mahout ties a cheap black Chinese plastic brush on the Tal end to make it look like hairs. Such shitty shameless types of no conscience are only in Hindu people running temples in kerala profiting from enslaving intelligent noble elephants transporting from temple to temple on trucks through the heavily polluted congested roads... Those elephants should be in their forest habitat not in the clutches of these heartless Hindus. So many have died under torture by the Hibdus in temples.
Теперь мне все понятно. Здесь помогают милым слоникам. Поправляют их здоровье. Хорошо когда есть такие люди на семле. Да поможет вам Бог. 🙏🙏🙏😇😇😇🤗😍👍👏👏👏
да им отпускают потом в лесу
This is so beautiful! Lovely people, loving the gentle Giants! My admiration is for them. I only kinda wish, as Lek Chailert in Thailand at the Elephant Nature Park, has so expertly mastered, that there might be a "chain-free" future for all these lovely people and their beautiful elephants!☺️🌱🐘🐘💚Thank you for what you do!💖🌱🐘🐘💝
Those "loving-care-takers" need a long handle sharp steel hook? W-T-F ?
Blessings to Chandani and the team. 🙏
I would love for the entire documentary to have English subtitle. You go girl. You should study to become a veterinarian also and be a Mahoot as well. Best of both worlds. Elephants have amazing memory. I am sure if Chandani gets Kandula years now he will remember her and acknowledge her.
This was shot in 2007
Não deixa pobre animal ;;carregar madeira;; isso é provalesimento;; esploram ;;;os animais ;; com tantos homens;;; aí para trabalhar ;;porque;; tem que ser os elefantes ;;não tá;; erado isso.!! Pobre anjo animais sofrido;; pôr isso ,;que eles ;;são bravos judia ;deles maltrato;; não querem ;que eles se revoltem ;; querem quebrar;; tudo aí vocês ;;querem matar;; os elefantes ;;o culpado são vocês homens rapaziada que judia;; dos animais;; ;elefantes?🍼🍼🍼🥬🍼🍼🍼🍼🍼🍌🍊🍍🥒🥕🥕🥬🥰🥦🍏🍐🍌🍊🍉💖💝💝💕❤️💕❤️🥰💓💕💞🍌🍌🍌🍊🍊🍊🍍🍍🇧🇷👏🙏🙏🙋🤦🦣🐘🦣🐘🦣🐘🦣🦣🦣🐘🦣🐘🐘🐘🐘🦣🐘🦣❤️♥️🍉😘👍
Greetings from London, may I wish you all love, life, happiness and laughter. I am Singhalese and it's nice to hear some voices speaking. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Chandani is going to become an even more famous elephant whisperer than her father !!! My wishes from India.
After ..Oscar .....ammmu got..Oscar❣️❣️
Way to go. Just hope the Girl go ahead to become a Forest officer and leads the elephant conservation which is the need of the hour, due to deforestation
Only some are gifted to be with such loving animals, taking care of them in their life cycle.
Blessings to Chandani. Trust she inspires and will be able to rope in more Chandanies to take care of our elephants in the coming days.
Beautiful..!!
That is a happy and sad show
Well come to Sri Lanka....
Great Documentary. Made with sensitivity.
well done Chandani and congrations to you having your first elephant. happy elephant farming chandani
The herd of elephants move like cattle herd without disturbing surroundings
Beautiful love film. Chandani is loveable Elephant girl. Most beautiful amazing documentary.
Elephants r beautiful animals. I love them all🐘❤️
I just Love Beautiful People of Srilanka n
Country
It’s so Peaceful n
They all Serve every one with smiles
Be Blessed Always ji
Bravo ji
👏🐘🩸❤️🩹🐘❤️🩹🌱🌍🐘
Her..smile..
She such a loving girl to the elephants god bless her n she wanted to be a mahout n she will be the best female mahout bcoz she loves the elephants n a soft natured person
It’s very interesting and it looks so respectful, peaceful the way they talk to each others will smiling 😊 😊😊
Omg....God bless....Sri....Lanka
You Go Girl.. 🥰💪
Love and Blessings to chandani And the 🥰🐘🥰🐘🥰🐘🥰🐘🥰🙏
Realy grate lady.Good.Keep it up.
Beautiful documentary!
Wow so heart touching ...loved it immensely..🥰🥰..
Thank you so much 😀
Elphants mothers are better than most human mothers.
Awesome documentary thanks 👏
Niyami kalla ......good job ❤❤❤❤❤
An Elephant Whisper 🤔🌹
Amazing 😍
Good that they are keeping the traditional and teaching it to the youngsters
All the best Chandni iwanted to be a wildlife Vet
its breath talking elephant farming. very rewarding. chandani best of luck to you as a elphant farmer. I love if ireland had elephants running the country side and using elephants as farm animals in ireland. but no such thing in ireland.we keeps them in zoo s alright.
excellent production. unfortunately we lost many elephants in the country due to the various accidents.
I love elephants and it's environment. Unfortunately I am living in so called developed industrial area having more than 6000 industrial units Ankleshwar of Gujarat, India.
If anytime I will get a chance I will stay few days in area where elephants are living.
Watching after winning Oscar 2023 👏
12.12.2023.First class,very good and best..Thank you.
So amazing....
All the best chandini. One who loves elephants and cares shouldn't a mahut. Make record of becoming a first female mahut. Learn and help your dad to know more about elephants.
Love This😍
I expect this from Mohammad’s.
Sad to see the baby elephant was separated from its family ... all this human intervention seemed to be making it stressed...😮
I'm really proud of you Chandhani.
Hope you will conserve our Asian elephant 🐘 proud of you mam.mrs mahut love you from India.
Very very sad . I could not finish watching this video . Poor elephants
Marama. Sarala. Puduma sehellu niyamama. Pradesayaka. Jivithe wena pin athto✨🌟
So beautiful vedio.....wow amazing.
Human and Animal separation feelings are not endurable. 🐘
Super story❤
A question, how do the get the elephants to be so docile and trained to be ridden? I see they are chained up also. I have heard of breaking the animals spirit. But it looks not to be the case here? Anyone answer this please? 🙏
Yes they do that. It's called the crush. Many are trying to stop this bc it is unethical and to get them to be free. They deserve freedom too
@@jennfryisthatartist ever talked the same for horses?
@@jennfryisthatartist atleast no one is hunting/hurting them like Americans hunt bear and wildlife just for fun.and shooting practice ..
mainly pinnawala is worlds largest elephant rehabilitation center in the world basiccally they take injured or life dangered elephants from wild and cure them and if those elephant can survive in wild they release them and the babies who are born in pinnawala definitly sends to wild but due human elephant conflicts they recive more elephant than they free so the heard getting bigger also there are elephants who cant survive in wild so they will stay at pinnawala
as a sri lankan to see elephant is chained not suprises me actually there are some elephants who willingly put them on also the chains are neccesary for aggressive elephant mainly to the males because they can quickly come into heat
@@hemant5374 one wrong thing does not excuse another wrong thing.
Iam so proud for u r video
Ilike u sister
I REALLY LIKE ELEPHANTS❤LOYAL CHILDISH NAUGHTY N INOCENT THEY R
Wonderful❤❤❤❤❤❤
Very Emotional...🤞
No chains for elephants. Elephants are free and wild animals
All the best for this girl,, 🤗🤗
congrats for becoming girl girl mahout in srilanka. keep it up take care of nature. i am very sure one fine day u will become great person of ur country
God bless u and ur family including all elephants, 👍👌🙏🇮🇳💜💛♥️💙💚🌹
So nice for watching, May God bless in her Chandani endeavors
Chandani's Father the "Mahout" says he bought the baby elephant/got it from the jungle which is totally illegal in Sri Lanka. Traditionaly buddihst temples always had elephants in the Temple grounds, this practice too is being wiped out so these majestic animals can live in the wild.
Its sad because i grew up in Ceylon and Elephants were always around us where ever we went they were on the main roads, jungles and some front yards with their mahouts. These animals are very valuble and very well looked after by the owners with a dedicated mahout that even sleeps alonside the elephant.
There is no animal cruelty involved, this animal can destroy its owner and handler if it wishes to do so but it is happy being pampered, washed, scrubbed and well fed. Lets have a balance. In Australia you drive along a country road and you see signs beware of Kangaroos, in my beautiful country of Sri Lanka we have sign that say beware of Elephants, both unique animals but one is being poached in the wild!
🐘🐘👌👌👌👌
Girl ❤❤❤❤ 🐘
Very very good 😊😊😊😊
Chandani, you are a Goddess, caring for such powerful and majestic beings.
The best documentary. I have always wondered that a girl can be an equally good mahout. Proved by Chandani 😊
Tu é cara dó seu papai linda menina
Linda filha;; parabéns pelo amor asua filha e afamilia pôr favor não judia dos animais elefantes só que eu lê peso pelo amor em Deus ele estão muito nervoso bebê estressados pôr que judiaram deles meu coração não aguenta ver isso 🙏🙏🍼🍼🇧🇷🤦🤦🙋
Excellent
Controlling big elephants is a very daunting task.very much impressed by them.
Beautiful
Wow soo cute
大象也算吉祥動物，牠壽命很長時間，
I dont believe that they should ever be chained up for any reson , not only does it hurt them it also breaks them..
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very good thank you
Great
The little girl is so brave.l respect for the giant. I m from Malaysia
It’s sad that your elephant was taken to that orphanage. I’ve seen videos from tourists that show how the workers abuse the elephants. Especially the 3 legged elephant. That tease him with his prosthetic leg. They hit him with a thin stick on his damaged leg real hard right were it hurts him the most. Then throw the prosthetic limb down on the wrong and the poor elephant can’t pick it up to put it on its leg and they don’t help him. They also hit the other babies for no reason. Horrible place for those elephants to live. God bless them.
Yes. Many dont speak about the unethical behavior and treatments.
i see you lack information just do researcch about that stick and anyother thing you want they are not hurting the animal
@@avishkarandika4473 please do research as well. I’ve seen videos showing abuse. I’ve talked to other ethical parks and they confirmed that they have tried for years to change how the Ellie’s are treated there but others turn a blind eye. 🥰🥰🐘🐘🐘🐘🐘❤️❤️❤️❤️
Good story
I love elephant and bebi
How old is chandani now ?
good 🐘 sec part
Nice video I love 💕
So proud of you & your kindness towards animals...
If possible repost with English subtitles