Mary, the killing elephant: What did it do wrong? Will it be hanged?

As early as ancient times, ancestors knew the elephant, the largest terrestrial mammal in the world today. The story of Yu Shun's elephant costume is recorded in Shangshu Yaodian. Shun cultivated and tamed wild elephants. The wild elephant has been ploughing the land for him. Later, because of its homophonic "elephant", elephants were endowed with auspicious and beautiful meanings in ancient China.

20 14, pillingsburg, south Africa, a car was amused by a passing elephant as a prop. After scratching, it left as if nothing had happened, and the people in the car were not injured. This scene was photographed by a photographer and posted online, and netizens were moved by the harmonious coexistence between people and animals. But in fact, elephants have been hunted and abused by humans for many years, either because of their precious ivory or because of their commercial value.

There was an elephant named Mary in history. It used to be the "star" of the circus, but it was brutally hanged. What did it do? /kloc-At the end of 0/9, there was a famous Spark Circus in America. 1889, after the death of the old colonel, his son Charlie took over the circus.

Mary, the elephant in the circus, is Charlie's favorite baby, because she was bought into the circus for training when she was 4 years old, and Charlie raised her alone. As an adult, Mary performed in a circus. Under Charlie's training, she mastered many difficult skills, including handstand, catching the ball and playing musical instruments.

Mary's wonderful performance brought a lot of income to the circus and became more and more famous. Many viewers come here to see this splendid astrology. During the ten years from Mary's appearance on the stage 1898 to 1908, Spark Circus became famous for Mary, but in the following years, Mary's performance was no longer fresh and the audience was somewhat tired of aesthetics.

After careful consideration, Charlie decided to recruit a new animal trainer for Mary in order to teach her some new skills that the audience liked. 19 12 years, John, the animal trainer, came to the circus, but he was actually a layman and didn't know how to care for animals. When John trains Mary, he always treats her roughly, and Mary suffers a lot under his hand.

19 15 One day, John rode on Mary's back as usual and led her to perform. But on the way, Mary suddenly saw the watermelon skin thrown on the side of the road. She stopped to smell it. John was impatient with this, picked up a whip and whipped Mary, and put the hook into her skin.

Frightened Mary threw John off his back, then rolled him up with her long nose, fell from the air and stepped on it when she landed. Passers-by who saw this scene were frightened and shouted, "The elephant killed someone!" "Therefore, people began to attack the Spark Circus and demanded to kill Mary to arouse people's anger.

Charlie, who had deep feelings for Mary, could not resist the attack of public opinion, so he announced that Mary would be hanged. 19 16, Mary was taken to a local square, and a crane weighing 100 tons lifted Mary. Because Mary weighed 5 tons, the chain broke halfway, and Mary fell heavily from her hips and broke into pieces.

On the second attempt, people added another chain, and Mary was finally suspended in the air under the support of two chains. She kept struggling and crying, but there were laughter and applause from onlookers. After half an hour, Mary stopped moving and the "evil" elephant was finally hanged.

It was not until many years later, when someone reviewed the matter again, that Mary should not be strangled. The reason why she attacked humans was just a normal reaction after being hurt. Today, elephants have been listed as endangered species by international organizations. Under the sound of people calling for the protection of elephants, some people still take risks to kill elephants. Even though they have huge bodies, they still can't escape human harm.