Endangered White Rhino Forced To Perform In Russian Circus

The animal, probably hired out from one circus to another, would have been trained using cruel, painful methods behind the scenes to perform as instructed, he said.To see the animal in this circumstance when you've seen one in the wild is utterly incongruent, he said. Not only is it being exposed to substantial noise, but the use of the whip is wrong. They would say it doesn't hurt, but if that's the case why use it at all? Transporting the rhino around would also inflict stress and strain on him, Dr Draper added.In a separate video, the rhino, Mafa, is filmed away from the ring, being fed by the trainer, Sergey Nesterov, who says: I put a bed next to it, and I left it only when I had to eat, in order to spend more time with it. This way it got used to people.