“Video of Kanchi Mutt elephants torturously being taken away by PETA”
Social media posts
Claim dated 2 Aug 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The video shows ‘Sandhya’, an elephant, being transferred to a rehabilitation centre by ‘Tree Foundation India’ and ‘Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Centre’ on the request of ‘Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam’. ‘PETA India’ has nothing to do with the incident in the video.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 August 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 4 August 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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