Footage has surfaced from an undercover PETA employee showing that Ringling Brothers' elephant trainers abuse the elephants, using bull hooks to beat the animals across the head, legs, and body.
PETA vice president Daphna Nachminovitch stated that the undercover agent "witnessed these elephants being beaten for no apparent reason."
Ringling Bros. have refrained from commenting saying they have yet to view the video, but it was stated that "PETA is an animal rights extremist group…We are very proud of our animal care, we are committed to the care of all our animals partly through our conservation programs at the Ringling Bros. Center for Elephant Conservation…We have 139 years of experience of working with Asian elephants." You be the judge.
