As with any companion of an aperitif, a Spanish tourist in Kenya gave a drink to a beer to an elephant. Incredible to say but it was he himself who boasted about social media. There BBC He analyzed the movie and managed to confirm the authenticity but then it was all removed, except for some firm image that leave no room for doubt. The investigations of the authorities were immediately started.
Madness has been consumed in the Natural Reserve of Ol Jogiin the central county of Laikipiawhere the tourist, after drinking a very popular beer in the African country, gave the rest to the elephant through the trunk.
And, as if it were a normal thing, he himself was the one who gave news by publishing a clip on Instagram in which he first sees him drinking beer from the can and then giving a little to the elephant. In another shared video it is also seen while feeding two elephants carrots, then writing “and now the time of beer has come”. The movies, fiercely attacked in the comments, were then removed.
But not in time because the news had not been circulated, so much so that it gives time, for example, to the BBC to confirm its authenticity, but above all to the service of protecting the fauna of Kenya and al Kenya Wildlife Service (KWs) to start due investigations to identify the tourist.
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This would never have had to happen – a member of the reserve staff thunders – we are an organization for conservation and we cannot afford it. We do not even allow people to get closer to elephants
The reserve staff confirmed that the elephant who drank is Buffera male whose photo is often shared by visitors, and who had been saved by a mass reduction of elephants in Zimbabwe In 1989, then brought to the reserve when he was eight years old.
Ol Jogi It hosts about 500 elephants and is considered one of the pioneers in the rehabilitation of orphaned animals and their reintegration into nature.
The madness took place, among other things, just a week after a group of tourists was filmed while blocking the migration of the gnu in the Masai Mara, in Kenya, during the annual migration of wildlife, one of the most spectacular naturalistic shows in the world.
The movie, which became viral, showed visitors who jumped out of vehicles from Safari, crowding the banks of the river and forcing the Gnu to enter the waters infested with crocodiles, causing an interruption.
And not only that, because it was not even the first time that the Spanish tourist had “ideas” of this type. Previously he had in fact published a video in which he was in the nearby nature reserve of Ol Pejeta While eating carrots to a rhinoceros.
He also broke our rules because he shouldn’t have touched the rhinos, who are not pets
referred to the BBC Dylan Habilemployee of Ol Pejeta
It is increasingly urgent not only to inflict more severe penalties, but also more stringent checks and more adequate training, because these absurdities never occur again. The animals are toys, nor our aperitif companions.
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