Viral Video Shows Elephants Charging At Car Obstructing Their Path, Internet Slams Behaviour Of Driver

A video showing two adult elephants charging at a car as the driver tries to hinder their movement surfaced on the internet.

The clip was shared by IAS officer Supriya Sahu on Twitter, which appeared to show some people appearing to disturb the peace of elephants in their natural habitat.

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Elephants charge at car obstructing their path

In the video, two adult elephants and a baby elephant were seen trying to cross the road to go to the other side of the forest. However, a driver parks his car in the middle of the road in an attempt to obstruct the movement of the animals.

The adult elephants are seen furiously charging at the car. The backseat passenger makes a run when the elephants slammed the vehicle with their trunk. The driver then reverses the car and the elephants move to the other side.

Totally unacceptable and barbaric behaviour by some idiotic onlookers.Just because Elephants are gentle,they are being magnanimous to these uncouth minions otherwise it does not take much for these gentle giants to show their power.Video-shared.Believed to be in Hasanur Karnataka pic.twitter.com/ZowMtfrVtJ

¡ª Supriya Sahu IAS (@supriyasahuias) June 27, 2022

¡°Totally unacceptable and barbaric behaviour by some idiotic onlookers. Just because elephants are gentle, they are being magnanimous to these uncouth minions, otherwise it does not take much for these gentle giants to show their power,¡± Sahu wrote in the caption.

The incident is said to have taken place on Friday on on Chamarajanagar-Sathyamangalam national highway in Karnataka.

Elephants trying to protect the calf

There was a young calf with the two adult elephants. It seems that they were trying to safeguard the little one. The video has garnered more than 24,000 views and tons of reactions.

Don't honk.. don't shout or make noise, don't try to take videos.. should have stopped as soon as he saw elephants but he tries to pass them!

¡ª Rakesh (@RakeshAlva) June 27, 2022

We all have to educated or re-educated how to behave in such occasions, simply those people provoked the animals, so who are the animals?

¡ª Ajay Nivas (@NivasAjay) June 27, 2022

We have usurped their land and treating them like this.

¡ª Ramanathan K (@ramanath011) June 27, 2022

Should be very careful when there is a calf.

¡ª anjani kumar (@anjanik2007) June 28, 2022

There was no need to go so close to elephants. Idiot went so near them. Lack common sense. But nothing was barbaric. When u happen to see forest animals " dont honk, no noise, no panic. Be calm. They go without harming.

¡ª Prasad p (@Prasadp56475443) June 27, 2022

yes madam. highly educated illiterates. Instead of acting, they reacted.

¡ª Subash Chandra (@AlacarteReview) June 28, 2022

I have never seen such idiots ?

¡ª ??.?.?.??.... (@paamaran64) June 27, 2022

This is one of the many instances of human animal conflict in the country. Last year, multiple videos have emerged online showing tribal youths harassing wild elephants in forest areas near Thirumurthy dam in Tamil Nadu's Tirupur district.

The videos of the incident, recorded on the mobile phones of the youths involved in the gruesome activity, went viral and attracted a lot of criticism.

Taking cognisance of the issue, the Tirupur district forest officials had filed a case against three tribal youths, who they were able to identify. They were been booked under the Wild Life Protection Act for teasing a wild elephant.

The videos show the men chasing wild elephants by hurling stones at them at close range and beating them with sticks. The pet dogs of the youth were also seen chasing elephants. When elephants try to run for forest cover, the youths again pelt stones at them. A video also shows youths harassing an elephant cub.

The youths were booked under sections 32, 39, and 51 of the Wild Life Protection Act.

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