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Mary (c. 1894–September 13, 1916), also known as "Murderous Mary", [1] was a five-ton Asian elephant [2] who performed in the Sparks World Famous Shows circus. After killing circus employee Walter “Red” Eldridge on his second day as her handler in September 1916, in Kingsport, Tennessee , she was hanged in nearby Erwin .
A purported photograph of the execution of an elephant named Mary in 1916. An elephant execution, sometimes called elephant lynching, is a pseudo-legal or performative public spectacle where a captive elephant is killed in order to punish it for being a "bad elephant" (behaviors that had, threatened, injured, or killed humans). Documenting the ...
The carrying out of sentences was solemn and public and was usually performed by professional executioners. Frequently, large crowds gathered to witness the execution. Sometimes the animal was dressed in human attire prior to being killed. A variety of methods were used to put convicted animals to death, including hanging, strangling and burning.
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Mila the elephant hasn't seen another elephant in more than 30 years. She meets Mary, the two share a gentle embrace, and hearts everywhere melt. The story of their friendship gets even more touching.
A. American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Animal brothel; Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010; Animal hoarding; Animal Planet Heroes
Grisly video has emerged of a blood-soaked woman after she was allegedly caught killing and eating a cat in Ohio — but she’s neither a Haitian migrant nor anywhere near Springfield.
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