Horrifying moment a circus worker DANCED on the body of a dying elephant after it collapsed while bathing in a river

A shocking video was filmed by horrified bystanders in Estonia

The film shows Madi - a 48-year-old Indian elephant - slowly drowning

She was on tour as part of Germany's Universal Circus Renz



A shocking video has emerged of a circus worker dancing on the back of a dying elephant while it bathes in a river.



The film shows Madi - a 48-year-old Indian elephant - slowly drowning as the circus owner's brother jumps around on her in a pair of swimming shorts as she sinks under the surface.



Horrified witnesses made the 40 minute video when Madi - from Germany's Universal Circus Renz - was taken to a river to bath during a tour of Estonia.

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Investigation: A shocking video of a man dancing on the back of a dying circus elephant has provoked calls for a full investigation into the animal's death

Outrage: Horrified witnesses made the 40 minute video when Madi - from Germany's Universal Circus Renz - was taken to a river to bath during a tour of Estonia

Spectacle: As Madi - clearly frail and in distressed - stumbles onto her side into the water, the zoo owner's brother Rene Renz leaps onto her back and begins clowning around for spectators

Desperate for laughs: Even when the stricken animal sinks dying under the surface of the water in Narva, Renz leaps from its back in a comic dive for more laughs

Now the circus owner Daniel Renz and brother Rene are under investigation for alleged animal cruelty. Local Green MP Ursula Hammann said: 'There needs to be an official government inquiry.'

Animal rights activists of Pro Wildlife have made a formal complaint to the region's veterinary office.

'It is a truly shocking scene. The animal is clearly old and frail,' said one campaigner. Anger: Animal rights activists of Pro Wildlife have made a formal complaint to the region's veterinary office

Investigation: Now the circus owner Daniel Renz and brother Rene are under investigation for animal cruelty