Last week I posted about "Mary the Elephant", who had been hanged for killing a person. Here's the link... 2022.0707.0004...
Two people suggested I look into "Topsy the Elephant", who was electrocuted for killing a person. Here's the link for that...
Topsy the Elephant Was a Victim of Her Captors, Not Thomas Edison
The third paragraph from the bottom of this short Smithsonian Magazine article has a YouTube link to the actual electrocution, which is horrific.
During the research on Topsy, I learned about "Jumbo the Elephant". That's yet another story of abuse of these majestic creatures.
2 comments:
There's something wrong when the creature is made responsible for the actions of the humans around it.
Pat - Yep. Very sad.
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