Elephant Protects baby from Wild Dogs

An angry mother elephant fends off a Wild Dog attack on her baby, and the life and death struggle was caught on Video

By Dominick Mezzapesa
​Wildlife Planet

Caught on Video, A fearless elephant mother went on the attack after a pack of 13 wild dogs tried to kill her calf.

Mithun Hunugund was on safari in Nagarhole National Park, which is located in the southern part of India when he saw the Asiatic wild dogs attempting to ambush two young elephant calves.

He filmed the female elephant running at the dogs, swinging her trunk, pawing the ground and attempting to kick the predators away.

Mr. Hunugund, 29, said: 'As we sat in the vehicle with the covers unwrapped we heard the troop of Bonnet macaques around us going haywire.

'As we set out a little further to investigate the reason for their nervousness we saw an elephant herd of 10 females and two calves huddled down the road and something walking towards them at a distance.

'While this was happening, one member of the herd decided to take on the pack herself so that this could distract them and hence buy time for the herd to move away to safety.

'So she charged at them and started to kick the wet mud at each one of the wild dogs.

'I would be lying if I say I wasn't concerned, seeing the tiny calves certainly makes you worry for their safety.

While the mother went off to deal with the pack of wild dogs. The herd as is normally their fashion, surrounded the babies so they remained safe from harm.

Once the dogs were scared off, the mother returned to the herd and the group went on with their daily routine.