Elephant Fights Back

Thanks Eddy! it wasn't Carla it was me btw I agree 100 with you and hope all these cowardly animal abusers get what they deserve!!

Do you know whats really sad about this story? If you follow the link to the video that PETA provides in the article they ramble on about stuff like how "they dont know why he attacked" and then they also cant make up their mind whether it is an attack or an "encounter". They say he was just bringing a bag of fruit into the room. They also said they released the video so people could see that he "did nothing to provoke the elephant". HAHA! Let me tell you what really went down. He decides he is all tough so he goes waltzing into the building alone even though it is apparently against company policy. He decides he is going to beat this elephant to make it submissive. I mean after all it is a zoo right? Oh but wait he forgot his bullhook! So he goes back to get his bullhook comes back in this is where the video starts. Notice they conveniently left out the beginning where he supposedly went in to "bring fruit"? and thats when we see the abused elephant backing away in fear. The guy comes at Louie stabs him in the side with the bullhook and thats when Louie starts his attack. I don't know why the article on their site tries to make the zoo seem ignorant on the issue and that they had to bring in oh so many "experts" to determine why this happened. Are you kidding? They know damn well why it happened! Whats even sadder is the fact that the articlecomments mention how the bullhook is just used to "guide" and "control" the animal. Yeah right that shit might fly for the average citizen but thanks to PETA and the leaked Ringling Bros photos we know damn well what they really do to these animals and what they use the bullhook for! Meg. No the elephant in the photo is smaller than Louie. It appears it is one of the leaked photos PETA has provided in the past from people like Ringling Bros.

The trainer initially entered the with treats for Louie who challenged and forced him to leave the enclosure. This video shows the trainer entering the stall a second time challenging the elephant with a bullhook. The elephant was clearly communicating displeasure from the first interaction. Such a sad and avoidable situation. Another case in point for the abolition of keeping wild animals captive under the guise of "education" and "entertainment".

What eles do we think he should have done?? Louie did what he had to do to protect himself and he was being lenient may I add!! You don't look so "big" wielding that primitive device after all hey Don?? May I suggest a career change maybe one that doesn't involve wild animals in captivity??

Is Louie the baby in the photo? I can't view videos on my computer it's too slow. The baby in the photo looks too small to fight back unfortunately.