Elephant held in chains for 50yrs cries after being rescued

The wickedness of men keep on increasing, not only do they kidnap their fellow men again, but now this includes animals this time around. An elephant called Raju was held hostage, beating, kidnapped and kept in chains, for 50 years by his owner.

But a North-London based charity organization came for the rescue in Uttar Pradesh, India by midnight, also accompanied by some police men.

Mr Satyanarayan said: ‘As we watched we quickly realised we had to act as quickly as possible as his situation was so desperate and the cruelty so extreme so we decided to move the rescue forward by a day.

‘The chains around his legs had spikes which were cutting into his flesh – and each time he moved puss would ooze out of wounds. Pain and brutality were all he knew.

‘His cruel handler even tore out the hair from his tail to sell as good luck charms. The exploitation and abuse just had to stop.’

Raju's owner tried to prevent his rescue.

 ‘He began to shout commands to terrify Raju – and try to provoke him.

‘It created an incredibly dangerous situation as a bull elephant could snap a human like a tooth pick if he becomes afraid or angry.

‘When that failed he then put a series of chains around his legs in an attempt to prevent us removing him – so viciously tight that were cutting into his legs.‘But we stood our ground and refused to back down – and as we did so, tears began to roll down Raju's face. Some no doubt were due to the pain being inflicted by the chains, but he also seemed to sense that change was coming. It was as if he felt hope for the first time in a very long time.

‘We knew it was now or never so we made the drastic decision to move his transportation truck closer and then walk him 200 yards.

‘Every step would have been agony, but we had to take him, or he could have vanished forever. We decided we'd remove the shackles once we'd got him to safety.’

Incredibly, Raju calmly complied, despite every step causing searing agony.

‘It was as if he knew we wanted to help him,’

Raju has experienced freedom ever since, but why being wicked to such a harmless animal?