Elephant road rage as five animals trample car that hit calf

National Post [Canada] ^ | Nov. 30, 2023 | Chris Knight

[canuck_conservative]

The accident and pachyderm reprisal occurred Sunday night in Gerik, a region about 300 kilometres north of Kuala Lumpur...

Police said the car was “negotiating a left bend on the highway” in drizzle and fog when it hit the baby elephant.

“The car slammed into the young elephant that was walking on the road with the herd,” said Zulkifli Mahmood, Chief Superintendent at Gerik District Police. The calf then fell to the ground, he added.

“Seeing this, the other (five) elephants rushed towards the car and started trampling it.”

No (human) injuries were reported in the incident, but police photos show extensive damage to the vehicle, with its doors caved in and windows smashed.

The condition of the baby elephant was not known, but Mahmood said it “got back up” after the collision, and was able to leave with the rest of the herd.

Development in the region means elephants have less wild space to roam, so they are more frequently encountering people and cars. Elephant crossing signs have been put up along many highways, particularly in the country’s north, but accidents have still happened...

[canuck_conservative]

Don't mess with the elephants

[packagingguy]

I’ve heard of elephants attacking the tents of poachers...they have big brains and know who’s going to hurt them.

[xp38]

As mascots go the pubs could have done worse. All one has to do is look at the other side.

[from occupied ga]

Deer are bad enough to run into; moose and elk even worse, but running into an elephant raises it to a whole new level

[ProtectOurFreedom]

At least it was a baby elephant. But the adults didn’t like baby getting hit.

[billorites]

[Dr. Sivana]

[Berlin_Freeper]

Road rage, I saw someone get beeped today for stopping at a red light.

[BraveMan]

Looks like an average car on Milwaukee's near north side . . .

[mabarker1]

I’d like to see the look on the Insurance Company Representatives face on this phone call.

[gundog]

[dfwgator]

Mayhem is everywhere.

[DesertRhino]

https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/shooting-an-elephant/

Orwell wrote about shooting an elephant.

[gundog]

Say what you will about elephants, they won’t flip your car over and set it on fire.

[Stosh]

Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight, and don’t bring a car to an elephant fight.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

Righteous anger. Another Inalienable right.

[frank ballenger]

If only the human GOP would act like their icons.

[samiam5]

My neighbor ran into an elephant one Wednesday night on his way home from church.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“They’re really tightly bonded families. So absolutely, if they feel that a member of their family is threatened, they pull together as a united force. And whether that means just threatening and making a commotion or it means bashing a vehicle, they’ll do it.”

It is to bad that American human NUCLEAR families are being attacked at every turn, yet we don't stomp some attacker cars to pieces like these wise elephants.

[Colt1851Navy]

Sometimes Tigers are attacked by Elephants.