Two elephants with calf assault automotive on freeway, Twitter raises questions on onlookers-India Information , Firstpost

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Elephants are thought-about mild animals. However, they are often extraordinarily protecting whereas they’re with their calves. To safeguard their calves, elephants can cost something approaching their manner. On 24 June, an identical incident occurred on Chamarajanagar-Sathyamangalam nationwide freeway in Karnataka the place a automotive was attacked by two elephants. The video of the incident has grabbed many eyes and is doing rounds throughout the web.

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The recording of the incidence has been shared by Indian Administrative Service Officer Supriya Sahu on her Twitter deal with. Referring to the video, the IAS officer slammed the onlookers who had been the silent observer of the incident and did nothing besides reeling the scenes.

Within the video clip, two elephants with a calf may be seen passing by the nationwide freeway when a white automotive comes on their manner. As they turned, the driving force of the automotive stops and parks the automotive crosswise in the midst of the street. Rapidly, the elephants are seen charging in the direction of the automotive whereas a person will get out of the automobile and runs away in the other way. The animals break a aspect mirror by thumping on it with their trunks. The motive force wastes no time to reverse the automotive and escapes from the spot in a rush.

Sahu discovered the behaviour of the onlookers unacceptable and captioned the video saying, “Completely unacceptable and barbaric behaviour by some idiotic onlookers. Simply because Elephants are mild, they’re being magnanimous to those uncouth minions in any other case it doesn’t take a lot for these mild giants to indicate their energy.” Since being shared, the clip has obtained greater than 20,000 views on Twitter and many of the customers have agreed with Sahu.

Whereas one of many viewers commented, “Do not honk, do not shout or make noise, do not attempt to take movies.. ought to have stopped as quickly as he noticed elephants however he tries to go them,” one other commenter steered, “Construct elephant corridors alongside the freeway as performed in Assam by NHAI. Additionally, it is advisable map the identical as elephants following a migration route. Kindly map your forest and have forest freeway patrol transferring round.”