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We really like our elephants caparisoned,don't we? We humans like to dress up, so why not the animals too? I wonder if that is the logic behind this torture on domesticated animals. Adorning elephants in finery during religious festivals is one thing, but there are the other kinds of embellishments - practised especially on cats and dogs - which are painful to watch,even ridiculous.Owners making their pets wear silly dresses,hats, walking sticks and whatever comes to their fancy,and making a show of it by masquerading the poor animal through the streets, on two legs! As if to say,'See what I have accomplished!He is such a good boy!' Yeah,right. We shall see what happens when in a few hundred years, the situation is reversed. The very thought is entertaining.

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