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Also known as an ankus or goad, a bullhook it is a stout pole with a metal hook and a metal tip on the end. It is used in training and controlling elephants by a handler applying pressure to sensitive points on an elephant’s body.

In 2001, the 172-year history of keeping elephants at London Zoo came to an end. What happened to London’s last elephants?

Born Free reacts to the death of two young elephants from deadly virus at Chester Zoo