'Barbaric Behaviour': IAS Officer Shares Video Showing Elephants Charging At Car Blocking Their Path

The elephants are irritated by individuals' way of behaving and charge at one of the vehicles, as found in the video, and end up damaging it.

Screengrab of the viral video of Elephants chasing a car (Source: Twitter/@supriyasahuias)

New Delhi: In a video shared by IAS officer Supriya Sahu on a microblogging site, some people can be seen disturbing the peace of elephants in their natural habitat in Karnataka. It shows two elephants and their calf surrounded by groups sitting in their vehicles. The creatures are seen getting unsettled by the onlookers who are recording the visuals.

The elephants are irritated by individuals' way of behaving and charge at one of the vehicles, as found in the video, and end up damaging it. One of the occupants is seen coming out of the backseat and running frantically.

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

— 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," she said in her tweet.

The video has amassed in excess of 20,000 perspectives and 536 preferences since being posted on Monday. Clients are likewise seen talking about the way of behaving of the spectators.

"What's barbaric here?" asked a user. "What was the need of car to go so close to elephants.. he should have stopped and let elephants pass peacefully . That's it bro," a user said in response.

"People should be more considerate to all living beings on planet," another user tweeted. "Need for a vigilant patrolling and cameras on forest routes is a must," said third user.