Photo of elephant wearing shirt and pants goes viral, netizens say he's wearing trendy 'distressed' jeans
A photo of an elephant walking on a street with a mahout has gone viral on social media. The elephant was wearing a shirt and pants in the picture. The photo was posted by Mahindra and Mahindra Chairman Anand Mahindra on Twitter.
"Incredible India. Ele-Pant..." Mahindra wrote while posting the image.
In the picture, the elephant can be seen walking on a road with a mahout. What caught the attention of people was the outfit that the tusker was wearing - a purple shirt paired with pants. Walking along the elephant was the mahout wearing a lungi.
The photo has gone viral on the microblogging platform, garnering more than 28,400 likes and over 1,900 retweets. Netizens had mixed reaction to the picture. While some found the photo cute and adorable, others said that it was animal cruelty.
One user joked, "10 tailors must have panted to take the measurement." Another user said, "Looks like he is wearing distressed jeans...quite a trendy one."
A third user wrote, "This is not incredible this is just cruel nature of US." Yet another posted, "This is not cute or adorable this is animal abuse & exploitation!"