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The elephant was doomed to die anyway because she had killed a person. There were other incidents that gave her a reputation as a "bad" elephant. So yes, you can argue that you can't really blame the animal because she was forced into circus life, but the fact is the mindset at the time was that an elephant who turned violent even under those circumstances had to die. Also the man who owned her had decided to get out of the amusement park business. Edison didn't decide she had to die. It was going to happen whether he was involved with it in any way or not. The man who owned her made the decision. And if it were electricians from a company that he was no longer associated with, how was he involved anyway? At first the plan was to hang her, but strangulation with ropes tied to a steam powered winch, poison, and electrocution were chosen instead as being more humane than hanging, because simple hanging did not guarantee death and if it did cause death, it would be a slower death. She was killed because she had killed a person, not because Edison wanted to see if electrocution would work, and she was killed by a method including electrocution because it was considered more humane, not because Edison wanted to see if electrocution would work.

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The claims that it was a demonstration organized by Thomas Edison as part of the War of Currents are false. The War of Currents had occurred ten years before.

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Your dislike of Thomas Edison is just kind of weird. Of course, you have the right to dislike whom you want to, but if you are going to cite reasons that you do, you should make sure they are factual.

This message was edited 12/9/2016, 8:38 AM