A video from Jaipur, Rajasthan is becoming increasingly viral on social media. In this video, an elephant catches a tourist standing nearby with its trunk, picks him up, turns him twice and throws him hard. In this incident the tourist suffers fractures in his hands and legs. During this time the mahout riding on the elephant also falls. It was fortunate that the elephant did not attack him and turned around and walked away. This incident took place in Amer Palace of Jaipur. After getting information about the matter, the voluntary organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has demanded to send the elephant to the sanctuary.
It is being told that this accident happened with a Russian tourist. It is being told that some Russian tourists had reached Jaleb Chowk of Amer Palace riding on elephants. After reaching here, all the tourists started roaming here and there, while one of them came and stood near the elephant Gauri. Meanwhile, suddenly the elephant Gauri got scared and wrapped the Russian tourist Maria in her trunk and picked her up. Before the people present there could understand anything, Gauri twisted it twice and threw it on the floor with force.
Video recorded in CCTV
Tourist Maria suffered fractures in her hands and legs in this accident. This entire incident has been recorded in the CCTV cameras installed in Amer Fort. In this video it can be clearly seen how the elephant picks up Maria and throws her. In the video, there is also footage of the mahout riding on the elephant’s back falling. It is being told that this is the same female elephant number 86, Gauri, who had injured a shopkeeper two years ago. At that time also a demand was raised to send it to the century, but due to administrative negligence it was not taken into consideration.
ban on elephant riding
Now once again PETA has raised demands in this regard. According to the local people, Maria did not go there for a walk after getting down from the elephant. Rather, she stood near the elephant and started caressing its mouth and eyes. It is being told that Gauri got enraged because of this. Let us tell you that two years ago a shopkeeper was feeding Kachori to this elephant Gauri. The Kachori was a little hot and it burnt her mouth, so at that time too she got upset and picked up the shopkeeper and threw him. At present the administration has stopped riding this elephant.
