Uploaded July 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Wildlife vet describes training at elephant suppliers Have Trunk Will Travel: “Nothing rivals the cruelty I have witnessed over the last few days.”
Animal Defenders International has released shocking footage from our 8-week undercover investigation of Have Trunk Will Travel, where elephants used in the movies Water for Elephants, Zookeeper, Britney Spears’ circus video and many other ads and shows, were trained.
The footage below shows the animals being beaten and electric shocked with stun guns, to perform the tricks seen in the movies and other performances, including:
Have Trunk Will Travel owners and trainers using stun guns and beating animals with bull hooks.
Have Trunk Will Travel boss Kari Johnson Rhino viciously striking an elephant.
A baby elephant being hit over the head and dragged by the trunk.
Elephants chained by the legs barely able to take one step back and forward (the elephants were being chained from 6.30pm to 6.30am, 12 hours a day
Wildlife vet describes training at elephant suppliers Have Trunk Will Travel: “Nothing rivals the cruelty I have witnessed over the last few days.”
Animal Defenders International has released shocking footage from our 8-week undercover investigation of Have Trunk Will Travel, where elephants used in the movies Water for Elephants, Zookeeper, Britney Spears’ circus video and many other ads and shows, were trained.
The footage below shows the animals being beaten and electric shocked with stun guns, to perform the tricks seen in the movies and other performances, including:
Have Trunk Will Travel owners and trainers using stun guns and beating animals with bull hooks.
Have Trunk Will Travel boss Kari Johnson Rhino viciously striking an elephant.
A baby elephant being hit over the head and dragged by the trunk.
Elephants chained by the legs barely able to take one step back and forward (the elephants were being chained from 6.30pm to 6.30am, 12 hours a day
