VIDEO : Angelina Jolie Was Criticised After Her Kids Had a 'Cruel' Elephant Ride in Asia

Los Angeles - Angelina Jolie has been criticised by an an animal welfare charity after her kids had a "cruel" elephant ride in South East Asia. The Oscar-winning actress - who is an outspoken critic of ivory poaching in Africa - allowed five of her six children to go elephant riding near the Cambodian city of Angkor Wat during a break in filming on her latest movie. Are you that uneducated about the brutal methods of taming and exploitation of elephants in tourism in Asia?" But according to insiders, Angelina was recovering from a stomach bug while minders took the children - Maddox, 14, Pax, 12, Zaharah, ten, Shiloh, nine, and Knox, seven - on the controversial ride.