Arthur Wellesley
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Don't worry. After enough complaints from parents I'm sure it'll be edited to where the gazelle escapes, and nothing bad will ever happen to it because it had a dream & strong spirit.
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So...about that big dead elephant in the room....
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KTM1799
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I always felt they could do a better job at the end of the safari educating patrons that wanted to learn more or help in eradicating poaching. As for the shock value to get a point across, I disagree, let kids be kids for a while. My 5 year old had questions on and off the ride which is fine, I like her learning and questioning everything, but to shock her into a feeling she wouldn't be able to process at that age would be wrong in my opinion.
Blackie Pueblo
Active Member
Wow that is shocking. Not the lesson but the fact that the imagineers would actually go that harshly to teach a lesson. Still though, they still get the lesson across with the wounding and kidnapping. At least we get to see the rescue....
Oh wait! We don't get any of that anymore. Oh well, its still a nice view of the animals. Still I too wonder where the dead elephant wound up? An Elephant graveyard? Bwahahahaha
Oh wait! We don't get any of that anymore. Oh well, its still a nice view of the animals. Still I too wonder where the dead elephant wound up? An Elephant graveyard? Bwahahahaha
Or drive down any highway. #roadkill
Goofyernmost
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And for gods sake stay away from war, car accidents, murder locations and the biggest of all fowl life destroyers... Kentucky Fried Chicken or Chick Fil A!
Avoid the news shows at all costs. It was a sad story, but, hardly what I would call graphic, but, then again I have a problem having direct feelings for a plastic Elephant. A real one, might have a chance at stroking my emotions, but, plastic models affect me very little.
lazyboy97o
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Why is a dead elephant more traumatic than a "sleeping" zebra?
copcarguyp71
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I wonder how much input Joe Rohde had in the first (original) storyline... My bet is that it was his idea and the higher ups reeled him in a bit, but that is just supposition on my part.
Bairstow
Well-Known Member
Because the zebra wasn't named?
Because the overall tone of the attraction wasn't jokey and campy?
Because the zebra wasn't established to be a mother?
Because the dead elephant wasn't next to a cute hungry lion cub?
Because the zebra's death wasn't framed against the uncomfortable geopolitical context of anti-poaching laws being established and enforced largely for the benefit of rich white tourists?
Just some guesses here.
bethymouse
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Poachers? Never heard of them. 
EOD K9
Well-Known Member
You know, it is what some people do to eggs. I mean, "Duh".Poachers? Never heard of them.
Cosmic Commando
Well-Known Member
I'm pretty sure the first Disneynature movie had a scene like this (or maybe it was Oceans): "If this young polar bear doesn't find food soon, he could starve." And then he died.
Arthur Wellesley
Well-Known Member
Probably in storage somewhere locked up & forgotten. This kinda reminds me of the sad fate of the King Louie AA figure which used to be seen at the end of Jungle Cruise.
draybook
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Monorail Mike
Well-Known Member
So how was the big red scene any different than the area at the top of the lift hill on Kali River Rapids where all the lumber poachers cut and burned the forest? Trees have feelings too!
Monorail Mike
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Or Anna and Elsa's parents lost at sea?
Cmdr_Crimson
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I don't know if this is still in the Queue area but I do recall they were really trying to promote the plot line while you waited by this simple poster...
