Show training gr elephants in india burma and siam elephants have been domesticated since written history began being used as beasts of burden and for hunting the period of training lasts many years says a writer in the chicago tribune and a well trained animal will frequently command a price as high as contrary to general belief the big african elephants are about as amenable to training as their indian cousins the armies of ancient carthage used african elephants in war and according to at api in the congo there were in 1928 fifty elephants in training nineteen of which had completed the course and were working animals the training Is done by local natives who learned their business from indian mahouts imported as instructors halt grown wild elephants are chosen for training which is carried on tor for ten years before the animal is strong enough for regular work attempts to shor shorten ten the period of training in the past have always ended in the te death of the animal |