"Given Electric Shocks and Beaten with Hooks: Shocking New Video Shows Mistreatment of Water For Elephants Star Tai." Mail Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 May 2013.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1384426/Water-Elephants-star-electrocuted-beaten-hooks-Shocking-new-video-shows-mistreatment.html 

          Water for Elephants is a movie that came out in 2011. The movie tells of a young adult male (Robert Pattinson) who loses his parents in a car accident so jumps a train which leads to a whole new adventure in his life; a circus train. The young man (Jacob) becomes part of the circus as a veterinarian, where he also falls for a girl which happens to be the owner’s wife. The reason this movie applies to the topic of elephant captivity is because during the movie they end up bringing an elephant into their circus which happens to be The Ringling Brothers (a circus today). The owner abuses the elephant when she (Rosie) doesn’t cooperate and Jacob doesn’t agree with how he’s treating her. Not to spoil the end, but Rosie, Jacob and the owner’s wife get out of the circus and live happily. Rosie, the elephant that plays a part in the movie is actually named Tai and the sad part is that in reality she’s abused where she’s held well not on the camera set. The ADI (Animal Defenders International) released the elephant that they saw Tai being given electric shocks with hand-held stun guns and being beaten with bull hooks. It’s ironic that a movie focused on much on animal rights is actually doing the same thing behind the scenes.