A Spanish tourist is under investigation by Kenyan authorities after he reportedly posted a video of himself pouring a beer down an elephant’s trunk.
The man was visiting the Ol Jogi Conservancy in the central county of Laikipia when he posted the clip to Instagram under the handle skydive_kenya, according to BBC report.
In the video, he can be heard saying, “We are on beer time.” He captioned the post, “Just a tusker with a tusked friend.” However, the post has since been deleted after it began to attract a barrage of negative comments from Kenyans who called for his immediate deportation.
“This should never have happened. We’re a conservation, and we can’t allow that to happen,” a staffer at the conservancy said. They added, “We don’t even allow people to go near the elephants.” The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) is also investigating the incident.
In another clip, the man is also seen drinking while touching a Rhinoceros at the nearby Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Where a representative told the BBC that the man, who describes himself as an “adrenaline junkie” on his page, “has also broken our rules because he was not supposed to touch the rhinos because they are not pets.”