‘Unacceptable’ Footage of Man Pouring Beer Down a Wild Elephant’s Trunk Resurfaces, Causing Outrage

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• In 2024, a man filmed and posted footage of himself pouring a beer down an elephant’s trunk

• The incident occurred at the Ol Jogi Conservancy in Nanyuki, Kenya

• Officials from the nature conservancy confirmed the incident was dealt with internally last year after the footage resurfaced renewing outrage

A resurfaced clip of a man pouring a beer down an elephant’s trunk inside a Kenyan conservancy is causing outrage again.

According to the BBC and U.K. newspaper The Times, footage from 2024 shows a man drinking from a can of Tusker beer before feeding the rest to the elephant through the animal’s trunk.

“Just a tusker with a tusked friend,” the caption of the since-deleted @Skydive_Kenya Instagram clip reads, per the BBC, which has reviewed the footage and has screengrabs from the deleted video.

The incident is confirmed to have taken place last year at the Ol Jogi Conservancy in Nanyuki, Kenya. The clip caused outrage when it was first posted, and raised concerns again when it resurfaced in August 2025.

The Ol Jogi Conservancy responded to these concerns, confirming that the matter has been handled and that the elephant in the clip is in good health.

“Ol Jogi Conservancy is aware of a video resurfacing showing an individual feeding beer to one of our habituated elephants,” the conservation said in a release on Friday, Aug. 29. “Bupa, the elephant shown in the video, has lived at Ol Jogi for many years.”

Officials added, “He is cared for closely by our team as an ambassador for conversation.”

“This behavior is unacceptable, dangerous, and completely against our values,” the statement continued.

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The release went on to state that the incident was dealt with internally last year.

“We take matters like this extremely seriously and remain committed to ensuring the well-being and dignity of the animals in our care,” the conservancy concluded.

PEOPLE has contacted the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), the Ol Jogi Wildlife Conservancy, the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, the owner of Skydive Kenya, and the National Police Service for further comment

An employee at the conservancy said that the incident “should never have happened.”

“We’re a conservation and we can’t allow that to happen,” Frank told the BBC. “We don’t even allow people to go near the elephants.”

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) also confirmed to the outlet that it investigated the issue.

Skydive_Kenya’s Instagram page features videos of a man closely interacting with various wild animals.

His clips have sparked backlash with many people demanding he be deported from Kenya, according to the BBC.

He also shared a video of himself feeding a rhino carrots at the nearby Ol Pejeta Conservancy on TikTok, per the outlet.

“He has also broken our rules because he was not supposed to touch the rhinos because they are not pets,” Dylan Habil from Ol Pejeta told the BBC as he confirmed the rhino belonged to their conversation.

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