We Don't Deserve Animals: Kerala Mahouts Caught Beating Temple Elephant Into Submission
Video shows a Mahout mercilessly lashing a whip and beating up a temple elephant named Karnan. The video left people absolutely shocked heres what they had to say: There were no #blood involved training an animal to perform certain tasks. This training method at least ensures animals future. This is much better than killing n eating billions of #yummy animals daily with smile.
It's another gut-wrenching story of a voiceless creature being tortured at the hands of the 'most intelligent species' - humans.
Cases of animal cruelty are on the rise across the world and it's hard to fathom why some people feel no remorse when it comes to beating animals. And the cases get progressively worse. For years activists and animal lovers have fought to rescue elephants. These gentle giants face the worst of it.
More recently, a video that's going viral on Twitter, shows a Mahout mercilessly lashing a whip and beating up a temple elephant named Karnan.
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Karnan the gentle giant,once a temple elephant ,being mercilessly beaten up in thrissur ,kerala pic.twitter.com/hNNGF7VyID
¡ª ?????? ??????????????? (@pramodchandrase) 25 March 2019
¡°Karnan, the gentle giant, once a temple elephant, being mercilessly beaten up in Thrissur, Kerala.¡±
Soon after the video went viral, an NGO named 'Voice for Asian Elephants Society' conducted an investigation and said, 'Mahouts were fired. The elephant has been transferred to Palakkad district, & is being monitored closely by the forest dept.'
@vfaes_org has investigated this story. Our founder has filed a complaint against owners & mahouts. A Case was booked by Trissur district forest officers. Mahouts were fired. The elephant has been transferred to Palakkad district, & is being monitored closely by the forest dept.
¡ª VFAES (@vfaes_org) 26 March 2019
The Twitter user who shared the disturbing footage further added that the elephant is being monitored by the forest department in Kerala.
Elephant is rescued and with forest department, cases has been registered against owner by forest department!
¡ª ?????? ??????????????? (@pramodchandrase) 26 March 2019
There were no #blood involved
¡ª Chowkidar hARShAd (@harshadsharma23) 25 March 2019
training an animal to perform certain tasks which inturn helps them earn money etc for his human family etc
This training method at least ensures animal's future
This is much better then killing n eating billions of #yummy animals daily with smile pic.twitter.com/E3iSy9ejNS
I wonder why they call it as ¡®God¡¯s own country¡¯! Damn them. When the same elephant becomes wild can they tolerate its wrath?!! They have first hand experience but still they ill treat it. Elephants have that memory of experience. That¡¯s why they become mad and behave like that
¡ª Snowking (@iamsnowking) 25 March 2019
I cannot find the words to show how appalled I am by this video.
¡ª Andrew Mason (@AJMasonPhoto) 25 March 2019
Beat them in the same manner and they will feel what the merciless torture is! Damn morons mustn't be spared and brought to justice under POCA Act.
¡ª Chowkidar????? ?? (@AadilGorkha) 26 March 2019
This incident comes after the death of an Indian elephant Flavia, who was kept in solitary confinement for 43 years of her life at Spain¡¯s Cordoba Zoo.
Flavia, suffered from depression and her health deteriorated. She was reportedly separated from her herd at the mere age of three and had been in captivity ever since.
