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(SUBS: LEADS WITH MINOR EDITS) An animal handler hit and kicked an elephant -- imported from Tuli, Botswana -- then stabbed it in the foot with a pitchork, an animal activist testified in court on Friday. This was the evidence of one Vonny Strachan, a monitor for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), at the trial of three alleged elephant batterers in the Pretoria Regional Court. The owner of the elephants, Riccardo Ghiazza, and two of his employees, Wayne Stockigt and Craig Saunders, have pleaded not guilty to contravening the Animal Protection Act. The ...