Saturday, August 30, 2025 - The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has launched investigations after a Spanish tourist was filmed pouring beer down an elephant’s trunk at a Laikipia Wildlife Conservancy, triggering widespread backlash.
The tourist posted the clip on Instagram, showing himself
drinking Tusker beer before feeding the remainder to the elephant.
He captioned the now-deleted video: “Just a tusker with a
tusked friend.”
In another post, he was seen feeding carrots to two
elephants, joking: “We are on beer time.”
The elephant has been identified as Bupa, a male
rescued from a cull in 1989 and kept at the Ol Jogi Conservancy.
Staff condemned the incident, saying visitors are not
permitted to approach or feed elephants.
“This should never have happened. We don’t allow people to
go near the elephants or touch rhinos,” a staff member said.
Ol Jogi confirmed the incident occurred last year,
describing it as “unacceptable, dangerous and completely against our values.”
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) also confirmed it is
investigating.
The uproar follows another controversy last week when
tourists at the Maasai Mara were filmed blocking wildebeest migration,
prompting calls for stricter enforcement of park rules.
The Kenyan DAILY POSTOutrage as footage shows a Spanish tourist drinking a can of Tusker, a popular Kenyan beer, before emptying the rest down Elephant's trunk at the Ol Jogi Conservancy in
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Laikipia.
The tourist, who posts as Skydive_Kenya on Instagram, deleted the post after it attracted outrage. pic.twitter.com/qosTAs5kaL
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