Furious villagers launched fireballs at a terrified elephant mother and her calf in an attempt to scare them away from a settlement. The majestic creatures were cruelly attacked by locals in eastern India, prompting an outcry from animal rights activists around the world. Disturbing images, taken in Bishnupur, show the panicked animals fleeing as residents […]
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Moment Trophy Hunter Shoots Elephant Dead – Before Herd Take Revenge – Graphic Video
Chilling footage shows the moment a herd of wild elephants charged at hunters in South Africa after they shot one of its family members. The graphic video shows two hunters shooting a large elephant with rifles. Multiple shouts are fired before the animal eventually collapses. One of the men can be heard shouting “hit it […]
A forest gave Cambodia’s captive elephants a new life. Now they’re paying it back
PU TROM, Cambodia — The quiet life that Sambo leads today seems as distant from her past plight as the searing-hot streets she once trod as a tourist attraction in the far-off capital of Phnom Penh. “Elephants are not meant to walk on concrete,” says Jemma Bullock, deputy director at the Elephant Livelihood Initiative Environment […]
Horror moment ranger tries to tranquillise injured elephant but is trampled to death
This is the terrifying moment an injured elephant crushes a forest ranger to death as he tries to shoot the giant creature with a tranquilliser gun. The male tusker turned on the worker as he tried to anaesthetise it so it could receive more treatment for an old injury in a forest in Karnataka State, […]
This elephant spent 11 hours digging a hole in a tragic attempt to save her baby
This is the heart-wrenching moment a mother elephant desperately tried to pull her baby from a well after, staying by their side for 11 hours. The determined mum refused to leave her calf, first using her trunk and then her feet in a bid to haul her precious baby to safety. Unfortunately the frantic mother […]
Elephant swings crocodile biting its tail
A crocodile fights an elephant only to realize it may have bitten off more than it can chew. It then gets swung around by the elephant until it lets go. Fifty-three-year-old safari guide Emmanuel Sauti was able to capture this incredible sighting in South Africa on camera. The sightings and story were shared with LatestSightings.com. […]
Congo Basin’s elephants boost carbon capture, but need salt-licks to survive
The approach to the “village of elephants” in the Sangha Rainforest in the Central African Republic must be made in complete silence. Not even the faintest rustle of backpack on rain jacket should break the soundscape as visitors wade through the sometimes waist-deep swamp at the forest’s edge. The Indigenous Ba’aka guides must be able […]
Asian elephants’ picky diet helps shape their forest home, study shows
Asian elephants have long been described as forest “cleaners” by the Orang Asli people of Peninsular Malaysia who have lived alongside the giant mammals for tens of thousands of years. A new study looking closely at the foraging behavior of free-roaming elephants backs up this ancestral understanding, demonstrating that through their feeding habits, Asian elephants […]