Brutal moment when a giant 2,500kg elephant slams a tourist into the ground, leaving her with horrific injuries

THIS is the horrifying moment a huge Indian elephant swings a female tourist around by its trunk before slamming her to the ground.

The woman was left with a badly mangled and broken leg during the horrifying attack by the 2,500kg beast, as onlookers watched in disbelief.

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A second person was also brutally thrown more than 8 feet to the ground as they rode on the back of the enraged elephant.

The female tourist, probably a Russian lady, was helping others get on the elephant for a traditional ride when she was grabbed and violently swung around.

Chilling CCTV footage of Amer Fort in Jaipur, India shows the terrifying moment as it unfolds.

The woman was held in the air for a few seconds as the elephant – named Gouri – began to quickly spin almost 360 degrees, knocking over bystanders.

A second tourist, who was already on the back of the female elephant when she kicked off, was also injured.

They were thrown to the ground and fell onto the hard floor.

A clearly shaken Gouri then walks away from the stricken tourists and leaves the courtyard as people rush to help those in pain.

The elephant, also known as “Number 86”, is labeled as a “gentle giant”. PETA rather – despite her troubled past.

Gouri, who is seen wearing a red cloak and saddle for tourists, first attacked a shopkeeper in October 2022.

He suffered a horrific leg fracture and broke his ribs Times of India report.

PETA has now called for Gouri to be permanently moved to a shelter designed to help her recover from her aggressive tendencies.

The animal rights groups say she should be given the chance “to recover from the mental trauma of a lifetime of slavery.”

PETA Senior Vice President of International Affairs Poorva Joshipura said: “Elephants that have been chained, bullied and threatened with weapons for years have been known to run amok and lash out in fear and frustration.

“Despite being a known hazard, Gouri is still used to ferry tourists to Amer Fort.

“The authorities should wake up and send her to a sanctuary and replace the use of elephants with beautifully decorated electric vehicles.

“In the meantime, tourists should vote with their wallets and not support this abuse.”

ELEPHANTS ATTACK

Although they are herbivores and rarely attack humans, some elephants may see red when startled, injured or frightened.

Previously recorded video is shown a wild elephant trampling a helpless monk to death after being attacked.

Horror Footage shows Jaron Suksing, 66, looking around and seeing the crazy male elephant approaching him as he desperately tries to escape.

But the elephant’s 50cm long ivory tusks grabbed Jaron before stomping on him as he lay on the ground screaming for help.

A second attack shows a distressed elephant killing its trainer before impaling several worshipers at an Indian festival.

The chilling clip from Kerala shows the beast attacking one person before causing chaos at the religious event, while it then attacks another animal.

Another terrifying moment caught on camera saw a four-ton Elephant attacks woman in India after teasing her with banana.

She holds the banana towards the elephant’s mouth before suddenly pulling away, angering the beast.

The elephant comes closer and – without the woman’s knowledge – prepares for the attack before crashing sharply into the woman with full force.

In a truly barbaric attack last year, a man was disembowelled and trampled to death by an elephant in Makueni, Kenya.

Charles Mutisya, 73, was brutally murdered at 7am one morning in December while tending to his farm.

The older man was found with his “intestines hanging outside the stomach.”

But the most shocking example of an elephant on the warpath was one 10 foot tall assassin nicknamed Osama bin Laden.

In 2006, the country massacred 27 people in northeastern India before finally being shot dead after terrorizing villagers for two years by destroying hundreds of their homes. houses.

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