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Elephant Sundar still being abused: PETA

The Indian government had ordered the elephant be returned to the wild.

March 28, 2014 05:20 pm | Updated May 23, 2016 04:51 pm IST - NEW DELHI

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In this February 19, 2014 photo provided by PETA, 14-year-old elephant Sundar stands chained outside a poultry shed in Kolhapur, Maharashtra.

In this February 19, 2014 photo provided by PETA, 14-year-old elephant Sundar stands chained outside a poultry shed in Kolhapur, Maharashtra.

An animal rights group says a 14-year-old elephant is still being abused despite a 2012 appeal by former Beatle Paul McCartney.

The Indian government had ordered the elephant, Sundar, be returned to the wild after McCartney highlighted its plight during a 2012 trip to India.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) says a local politician instead took Sundar home and shackled him outside a poultry shed. The group released a video that it said showed Sundar in December, writhing in pain and struggling to stand as a handler struck him with a pole.

Calls to the local politician were not immediately returned.

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