Do you blame them?

When I was a teenager, I was walking around at the Ohio State Fair in a restricted area and walked up on an elephant being hit in the head over and over with a bull hook. The elephant was distraught and was sweating and possibly bleeding behind her ears (it was actually worse than the Peta video). I really couldn't even believe what I was seeing and still can't believe I saw this for myself. Repulsive!  I would attack people too.