Elephants Beaten And Jabbed With Hooks At Sick Festival

This is the moment animal trainers whack elephants with sticks and jab them with bullhooks to make them perform games and rides during a sick festival in Nepal.

The incident was filmed at the Chitwan Elephant Festival in the district of Chitwan in southern Nepal and was shared on social media by the NGO People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

Despite festival organizers claiming that measures have been introduced to stop animal abuse, such as banning bullhooks, also called elephant goads, the footage appears to show abusive practices still continuing.