Heartbreaking moment a mother elephant nuzzles her dying calf with her trunk and tries to wake him after he was electrocuted by a live wire in India
This is the heartbreaking a mother elephant nuzzles her dying calf with her trunk as she tries desperately to wake him up after he was electrocuted by a live wire in southern インド.
Emotional footage shows the elephant trying to nudge the three-year-old calf with her foot and trunk to try to make him move – but his body remains motionless.
In a harrowing scene, 彼女はネロンとペアになりました, appearing to realise that her calf is dead, gently nuzzles the youngster with her trunk.
The pair had been trekking through the forests of Malampuzha in the Palakkad district in Kerala on Tuesday when the calf is believed to have entered private land and come into contact with a live wire.
The herd – which included the calf’s mother – were near a pump house when the fateful incident occurred.
This is the heartbreaking a mother elephant nuzzles her dying calf with her trunk as she tries desperately to wake him up after he was electrocuted by a live wire in southern India
Video shows the mother elephant firstly nudging the calf with her food to try and make him move (左) before trying to use her trunk to make him wake up (正しい)
In a video taken from the scene, the mother elephant can be seen firstly nudging the calf with her foot to try and make him move – but his body is motionless.
The elephant then uses her trunk to try to wake him up by moving him – but the calf ends up being rolled onto his back with his legs in the air.
母, appearing to realise that her calf is dead, gently nuzzles the youngster with her trunk before standing by the body.
She then slowly edges away from the calf – but does not turn her back on her child as she steps back.
The elephant then uses her trunk (左) to try to wake him up by moving him – but the calf ends up being rolled onto his back with his legs in the air (正しい)
母, appearing to realise that her calf is dead, gently nuzzles the youngster with her trunk before standing by the body (左). She then slowly edges away from the calf – but does not turn her back on her child as she steps back (正しい)
The calf reportedly came into contact with an electric wire and died from electrocution.
Forest and Wildlife officials came to investigate the scene and found three other elephants guarding the dead elephant.
The officials found a live wire connected to a borewell, which they believe the elephant came into contact with – and possibly chewed.
An autopsy is underway, while a probe has been launched to investigate the matter fully.
