Media Centre  Guiness Book Removes Records for Elephant Polo
For Immediate Release: 25 January 2011  Sandra Smiley +44 (0)207
357 9229, ext 229;  London - After learning from People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) how elephants used in polo
are often beaten with sticks and gouged with heavy rods that
have sharp metal tips, London-based Guinness World Records Ltd
has informed PETA that it will remove all references to elephant
polo records from its iconic book Guinness World Records.  Wrote
Craig Glenday, editor-in-chief of Guinness World Records,
"Having read the correspondence, everyone at Guinness World
Records is in agreement that we need to review all our records
involving animals and ensure a strong stance on any involving
even the hint of cruelty. For this reason, we have agreed to
rest, among others, records for elephant polo". Glenday goes on
to note that the company no longer ratifies records pertaining
to fox hunting, bullfighting, camel wrestling, and other
activities that involve the