A circus owner has been found guilty of three counts of causing unnecessary suffering to an Asian elephant in his care.
Bobby Roberts, who was accused of allowing his staff to beat the animal called Anne, said he had no knowledge of the behaviour towards her.
He and his wife Moira, from Oundle, denied causing unnecessary suffering and failing to prevent an employee from repeatedly beating the elephant.
Moira Roberts was found not guilty at Northampton Crown Court.
The court was shown footage filmed secretly by animal welfare group Animal Defenders International (ADI) of the animal being kicked and struck with a pitchfork several times by the groom at the circus's winter quarters in Polebrook, Cambridgeshire, last year.
The footage, filmed between January 21 and February 15 2011, also showed Anne constantly chained to the ground.
The elderly elephant could be seen chained by one foot and one hind leg in a barn.
The legs of the animal - who the prosecution allege was not receiving medication for its arthritis - could also be seen to buckle several times in the footage.
Bobby Roberts, who owns Bobby Roberts Super Circus, told the court he was unaware that Anne had been constantly chained.
And he said the groom, who is believed to have returned home to Romania, had not followed his instructions.
He admitted the elephant would be chained up at times.
He added his instructions were that the animal be let loose behind an electric fence in a cordoned off area of the barn when possible or, if the weather was good, to be taken to a field outside.
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