Instagram Influencer Poses Naked on An Endangered Sumatran Elephant in Bali, Triggers Outrage | Watch

Alesya Kafelnikova, a 22-year-old Russian social media influencer, has sparked online outrage after she posed naked on top of an endangered Sumatran elephant. Notably, the influencer-model is also the daughter of Yevgeny Kafelnikov, former world No.1 tennis player. Posing nude on an Sumatran elephant, Alesya shared a short video of her with the animal on her Instagram page on February 13, captioning it as “Natural vibes”. After criticism by animal lovers, the video has since been removed. 

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One of the comments on her post read, “This is not cool action, leave the elephant and use a chair or something else. This is cruelty,” as well as, “Why be naked? Do you think everyone is interested in seeing you naked? How does this elephant deserve to have treatment?” As per The Sun, another person wrote, “Poor elephant. Aren’t you ashamed to lie naked on an elephant? This is a living creature. Money overshadows everything.” Many animal groups including Save the Asian Elephants, also condemned her actions and described the post as ‘something else tragic’. 

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