Let the robots do the work.

Prasanth Prakashan builds robotic elephants. He stands near his backyard workshop in India. (AP/Aijaz Rahi)
People prepare elephants for a festival in India. (AP/Aijaz Rahi)
An unfinished robot is at Mr. Prakashan’s workshop. (AP/Aijaz Rahi)
These people are on their way to prayer. They pass two robotic elephants. (AP/Aijaz Rahi)

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Do you see the elephant? It flaps its tail. Look closer. That is a robot!

People keep real elephants in temples. Folks walk them in parades. Heat and noise bother the creatures. Will more folks use robots instead?

Pray that people will worship the true God and be kind to His creatures.

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Many people in India think elephants are holy. Folks keep them at Hindu temples. They bring elephants to festivals. The creatures stand for hours in the heat. Drums and fireworks can scare them. Prasanth Prakashan wants temples to use robot elephants. He forms them from fiberglass, iron, and rubber. The robots flap their ears. They squirt water. Each one costs about $6,000. Robots are not as beautiful as real animals. But they are safer. They also keep real elephants away from busy crowds.

The Lord has mercy “over all that He has made.” (Psalm 145:9)