The video can be seen drinking from a can of popular local beer Tusker, before the rest gives the elephant.
Another “Genius.” A Spanish Tourist Gave Beer to an Elephant in Kenya
The Videos Posted on Instagram Were Deleted After A Wave of Outrage. However, Screenshots Show The Man Drinking Tusker Beer And Then Pouring The Rest Into The Trunk Of An Elephant Named Bupa.
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– Next (@next_tv) August 28, 2025
“Just one tusker with a friend who has tusks, he wrote in the description of a snapshot published on Instagram, which was later removed from his profile after avalanche of negative Kenyac.
The BBC analyzed the recording and confirmed that it was authentic. The landscape and a famous elephant male indicate that the video was recorded in Ol Yogi Reserve in the Central district of Laikipia.
A member of the staff who contacted the BBC and works in this private reserve, was shocked by behavior – and said that the recordings would be forwarded to “competent institutions.”
Staff member: This is never allowed to happen
“This was never allowed to happen. We are a conservation center and we cannot allow things like this,” staff member said only as Frank.
“We don’t even allow people to approach elephants.”
The Kenya Wildlife Protection Service (KWS) also explores the incident, confirmed for the BBC spokesman agencies, Paul Mostly.
The man involved in the incident does not use his real name on social networks, but various variations of Skydive_kenya names.
In another footage published on Instagram on Tuesday, he can be seen as he feeds two elephants carrots and then says: “It’s time for beer.”
Instagram Videos caused hundreds of negative comments – some even asked for a man to be deported – before the posts were removed.
What kind of elephant is the word about?
The elephant that is given beer is large in size, with long tusks – one of them is especially recognizable because it is damaged.
On the basis of other shots and photos published on the Internet, it seems to be a bump, a tame male from ol yogies whose photos often share visitors.
The bupa was saved during the mass killing of elephants in Zimbabwe in 1989. years, and the conservatory was brought when he was eight years old.
OL Yogi states that the home is about 500 elephants and is among the pioneers in the rehabilitation of abandoned animals and their return to the wild.
Adrenaline addict
A man who appears in videos with beer, which describes himself as a “adrenaline addict” on the tictoku, he also published a video in Monday in which he sees in the nearby ol payette feeding the rhino carrots.
“He also broke our rules because he was not allowed to touch rhino – they are not pets,” Dylan Habil said from OL you are singing for the BBC.
He confirmed that he was a rhino on the shot from their reserve.
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Dr. Winnie Kiiru, Kenyan biologist and elephant protection experts, called the behavior of tourists “unhappy” because he jeopardized his and animal life.
“About 95% of elephants in Kenya is wild, and it is wrong to send a message through social networks to approach elephants and feed them,” she told BBC.
This incident comes only a few days after tourists are recorded on how to interfere with the migration of GUNOVA in the Maasai Mara National Reserve during the year of migration – one of the world’s largest natural spectacle.
Viral recording shows visitors to go out of the vehicle safari, gather along the river bank and drives the nasty in the water full of crocodiles – which caused indignation.
Tourists Jumped Out of their Safari Vehicles and Rushed to the Banks Of The River in Maasai Mara To Witness The Wildebeests’ Migration and They Blocked Their Path To The Extent That The Wildebeests Even Had To Jump Back Into The Water.
A Less Than a Meter Gap! Infuriating. pic.twitter.com/yq2nqdwadg
– Bravin Yuri (@Bravinyuri) August 20, 2025
After the incident, the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife Protection announced more severe rules, ordering tourist agencies to ensure the rules of the park by residing in vehicles, except for the places provided.
They also promised to improve signaling by parks and strengthening the education of visitors on security rules.
The migration of Geno’s in Maasai Mari attracts thousands of visitors a year and is considered one of the most valuable natural mild cash.
(Vijesti.ba)
