I remember as a young child going to the Adelaide zoo, and hand feeding the beautiful elephant that they had there, whilst watching it give rides to other young children. That elephant is no longer at the zoo as they decided that its enclosure was too small for such a huge animal. I was extremely sorry to see it go, but then I thought to myself, how cruel it had probably been for that elephant to be kept in a relatively small enclosure with no room to move. I never even questioned as a child why she constantly took one step forward and then one step backwards. It was because she lacked adequate room to move.
Elephants kill people on a constant basis.
In no way do the majority of these majestic animals mean to hurt anyone. It is their natural instinct to run when in danger, and an animal as huge as an elephant can cause a lot of damage in the process. The majority of the people killed are not done so due to malicious intent on the part of the animal. Elephant rampages occur due to the animals being scared, trapped away from their herd, or sometimes for no reason at all. Elephants will attack however, if provoked or even simply approached by someone wanting to take photos.