{"id":105578,"date":"2025-08-30T01:02:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T01:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/105578\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T01:02:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T01:02:03","slug":"outrage-in-kenya-after-tourist-filmed-pouring-beer-down-elephants-trunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/105578\/","title":{"rendered":"Outrage in Kenya after tourist filmed pouring beer down elephant\u2019s trunk"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An investigation has been launched after a Spanish tourist was filmed pouring beer down an elephant\u2019s trunk while on holiday in Kenya, sparking a furious backlash. <\/p>\n

The man posted a clip on Instagram of himself drinking from a can of Tusker, a Kenyan beer, and giving the rest to the elephant<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Several investigations have now been launched against the tourist, who captioned the now-deleted video: \u201cJust a tusker with a tusked friend.\u201d <\/p>\n

The clip was filmed at the Ol Jogi Conservancy, a wildlife<\/a> sanctuary in the Kenyan county of Laikipia. <\/p>\n

A staff member told the BBC<\/a> they were shocked by the behaviour, saying: \u201cThis should never have happened. We’re a conservation and we can’t allow that to happen. <\/p>\n

“We don’t even allow people to go near the elephants.” <\/p>\n

They told the broadcaster that the video would be handed over to the relevant authorities. <\/p>\n

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Elephants roam in Tsavo-East National Park, near Voi town in Taita-Taveta County, Kenya (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)<\/p>\n

A comment on one of the man\u2019s Instagram posts said: \u201cAre you the now world-famous imbecile who gave beer to the elephant (or else pretended to do it, an equally moronic thing to do)? Congratulations!\u201d <\/p>\n

Dr Winnie Kiiru, a Kenyan biologist and elephant conservationist, said: \u201cAbout 95% of elephants in Kenya are wild and it is wrong to have social media posts that give the impression that you can get close to the elephants and feed them,\u201d according to the BBC. <\/p>\n

The animal in the video is believed to be Bupa, a male elephant who was rescued from an elephant cull <\/a>and brought to the sanctuary at eight years old in 1989. <\/p>\n

Staff member Dylan Habil told the BBC: “He has also broken our rules because he was not supposed to touch the rhinos because they are not pets.\u201d<\/p>\n

One comment on the video said: \u201cYou can\u2019t hide what you are doing and you are not welcome in Kenya. Shame on you. Disgusting behaviour!\u201d <\/p>\n

The Independent has contacted the man for comment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[64,63,128,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-105578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}