Kenya tourist pouring a beer on the trunk of elephant, sparks anger

Several investigations have been started after a Spanish man in Kenya publishes videos of himself, pouring beer on the trunk of the elephant – provokes anger on social media.

It was shot in drinking wildlife from Tuscker can, popular local beer, before giving the rest to the elephant.

“Just Tusker with a Tupane friend,” he wrote a video posted on Instagram, which was later deleted from his account after a reaction from Kenniers in the comments.

The BBC analyzes the footage and managed to certify it as real. The landscape and the well -known elephant of the bull indicate that it was filmed in the conservation of Ol Jogi in the central district of Liker.

A member of the BBC staff in the private wildlife sanctuary was shocked by the behavior – and said the videos would be submitted to the “relevant authorities”.

“This should never happen. We are a conservation and we cannot allow this to happen,” said the employee, identified only as Frank.

“We don’t even let people approach elephants.”

The Wildlife Service in Kenya (KWS) has also studied the incident, according to the agency spokesman Paul Usto before the BBC.

The person who participates does not use his name in his social media accounts that all have a variation in the phrase skydive_kenya.

In another clip shared on Instagram on Tuesday, he is seen feeding two elephants with carrots and then saying, “We’re in time for beer.”

Instagram videos have attracted hundreds of critical comments – with some summoned to deport the man – before the posts were downloaded.

The elephant that has received the beer is large in size, with long tusks – more special one is distinctive as it is damaged.

From other images and videos posted online, it corresponds to the description of BUPA, a friendly man at OL Jogi, whose photo is often shared by visitors.

The bupa was rescued by a Cull mass elephant in Zimbabwe in 1989 and brought to the conservation when he was eight years old.

All Jogi says he is home to about 500 elephants and refers to one of the pioneers in the rehabilitation of orphans from animals and their release back into the wild.

The man included in the beer videos described as Tiktok’s Adrenaline Addict has posted a video on Monday, which is seen in the nearby Ol Pejeta Conservancy, who feeds a carrot rideo.

“He also violated our rules, as he didn’t have to touch the rhinos because they are not pets,” Tage Noguna of All -Pagga told the BBC.

He confirmed that the rhino in the footage was from their nature reserve, adding that All Pedge was not an elephant home.

Dr. Bear Kyru, a Kenyan biologist and an elephant environmentalist, called the tourist’s behavior “sorry” as this threatens his life and that of the elephant.

“About 95% of the elephants in Kenya are wild and it is wrong to have social media publications that give the impression that you can get closer to the elephants and feed them,” she told the BBC.

The incident comes only a week after a group of tourists were filmed, blocking the migratory wildlife in Kenya Maasai Mara during the annual wildlife migration – one of the largest wildlife spectacles in the world.

Viral footage has shown that visitors pop out of safari vehicles, crowding river shores and force Wildebests in crocodile -infected waters – igniting interruption.

Following the incident, the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife declared further rules, directing tour operators to impose the rules of the park, ensuring that visitors remain inside vehicles, with the exception of the designated areas.

He also promised to improve the plates in wildlife parks and to strengthen education for visitors to safety rules.

Maasai Mara Wildbast’s migration attracts thousands of visitors a year and is considered one of the most valuable assets of the natural heritage in Kenya.