Baby elephants bound and beaten to become circus stars

Bound by its neck, legs and trunk and watched by a man with a hook, a baby elephant learns to lie down.

A trainer manages the animal with a sharp metal hook.

The pictures were taken in the U.S. by handler Sammy Haddock, who worked for the Ringling Bros' Barnum and Bailey Circus until 2005.
They were taken more than seven years ago - but Peta says such methods are widespread, and 'effectively amount to the torture of defenceless animals'.
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