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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nread more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nForest officials in India have launched an investigation following social media outrage over a Russian photographer’s photo shoot in which a 65-year-old elephant was painted bright pink.<\/p>\n
Animal rights activists have accused Barcelona-based conceptual photographer Giulia Bourleba of animal cruelty after she painted her fangs pink for a photoshoot in the city of Jaipur in western Rajasthan state.<\/p>\n
The image shows a woman in pink sitting on a painted elephant in an abandoned Hindu temple. The photos were first posted on her Instagram page in December last year, but sparked outrage this month after they went viral on social media.<\/p>\n
Burleba said: independent person<\/em> She said the filming took place during her six-week art expedition in November 2025, and that the project aimed to reflect existing realities rather than justify, promote, or condemn practices. <\/p>\n