Tourist in Kenya pouring beer down elephant's trunk sparks anger

Investigations have been launched following the footage posted to Instagram - which has since been deleted.

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He was filmed in a wildlife reservation drinking from a can of Tusker, a popular local beer, before giving the rest of it to the elephant.

"Just a tusker with a tusked friend," he captioned one clip posted on Instagram, which was later deleted from his account after a backlash from Kenyans in the comments.

The BBC analysed the footage and was able to authenticate it as genuine. The landscape and a well-known bull elephant pointed to it being filmed at the Ol Jogi Conservancy in the central county of Laikipia.

Ol Jogi Conservancy has since been in touch to confirm the incident occurred last year at the privately owned wildlife sanctuary - saying it was "unacceptable, dangerous and completely against our values".