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Definition of ankus in English: ankusnounˈaŋkəs Indian A goad for elephants. 〈印度〉驯象用刺棒 Example sentencesExamples - This ankus is over 100 years old and has been made from steel and brass.
- The front legs were tightly hobbled and the back legs chained in a stretched position, unable to lie down, and deprived of adequate water and nutrition, beaten repeatedly with rubber whips and ankuses.
- The records also detail what Finnegan found during one of the zoo's darkest chapters, when one keeper reported in April 2000 that a colleague had abused Rose-Tu with an ankus.
- She called the ankus ‘an elephant management tool that has been in use for thousands of years.’
- These charges do not seem to have deterred Oregon Zoo keepers from aggressive ankus use, as ankus wounds were identified on at least 3 elephants for several years following these charges.
- Training for these performances often requires the use of whips, tight collars, electric prods and other shocking devices, ankuses, sticks, axe handles, baseball bats, metal pipes, and other tools.
- Ort-Mabry, the spokeswoman for Ringling, insisted that the ankus is a time-tested and appropriate training tool.
- Bessie has white circular inactive ankus scars under her chin, on the neck, and dorsal areas.
- We have come to realize that controlling elephants through domination and the use of ankuses (sharply pointed devices used to inflict pain) can no longer be justified.
- The ankus is embedded into elephants’ most sensitive areas, such as around the feet, behind the ears, under the chin, inside the mouth, and other locations around the face.
- Ringling Bros. says the ankus, or bull hook, is used to guide elephants like a leash or a set of reins, not to cause pain or discomfort as activists insist.
- The ankus is sometimes used for beating; it is always used to assert dominance and the threat of punishment.
Synonyms prod, spiked stick, spike, staff, crook, pole, rod
OriginVia Hindi from Sanskrit aṅkuśa. |