“Visuals of an elephant explaining the mahout that it is hungry”
Social media posts
Claim dated 12 Mar 2023.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
These visuals show an elephant running amok, as it couldn’t bear the heat and honks of the bikers. The viral narrative, attributed to the incident, is fabricated. Multiple news agencies reported the incident. None of these reports mentioned about this viral narrative
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 12 March 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 13 March 2023, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/CpkIf3RphPu/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=ab0120e2-dff8-408c…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.