Ahead of the world's largest gathering of humanity, the six-week Kumbh Mela festival in northern India ... elephants will be displayed at the festival, the video was in fact filmed at a parade ...
This story appears in the August 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The royalty of India—Hindu and Muslim—understood long ago that power was best wielded from the back of an elephant.
“The elephant was made to work under stress. Clearance for the parade was given by a senior ... appointed by the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) and officials from the Karnataka Forest ...
A stampeding elephant left at least 23 people injured and one in critical condition during a festival in India this week, and the terrifying moment was caught on video. According to Marca ...