[Music] [Applause] [Music] Nearly four decades ago, I started out on a journey to learn why dogs over the age of 6 months are surrendered and euthanized at such a high rate. Why shelters and rescue organizations struggle to hone these dogs. And why people feel as though they're failing their dog.Today in North America and globally, domestic animal welfare is in a state of crisis. In the US, 3.3% million dogs are surrendered to shelters yearly with behavioral reasons documented as one of the leading concerns ...

I want you to imagine being taken away from your family as a child. You cry out, but nobody listens. You are chained, beaten, shackled, but nobody's there to listen to you.Your life is no longer yours, but you're dictated and you are controlled for human whims. And the worst part that nobody stops by to question this cruelty. You're just living in chain in concrete.That's the horrific life of a captive elephant. We live in an age of modernity. Yet in this modern era, we cling on to some old traditional prac ...