An elephant is foraging in a village in Thailand when a brave dog gets in its way and even drives it away. The video goes around the world.
Nakhon Ratchasima – An encounter between dogs and elephants is rather rare. However, when the two four-legged friends meet, it can be exciting, as a video from Thailand shows.
In a village near Nakhon Ratchasima in northeastern Thailand, a bull elephant roamed around in search of something to eat. However, when the pachyderm approaches a residential building, a dog becomes active and confronts the elephant with loud barking. The scenes were captured in a video and have since been circulating around the world on the Internet.
Video: Brave dog beats elephants to flight in Thailand
The clip from KameraOne shows how a bull elephant takes a leisurely walk through a village in Thailand. In a residential area, the hungry pachyderm is looking for food. However, he encounters resistance: As he approaches a house, a dog stands in his way with a loud bark.
At first, the elephant is quite unimpressed and does not pay attention to the dog, but then he turns around and confronts the barking dog. However, he does not give up and does not back down – with success. After a few minutes, the elephant admits defeat, turns around and continues its foray through the residential area. The brave dog has thus won the duel and put the elephant to flight with his barking.
Dogs and elephants usually approach rarely. In Thailand, a brave dog has put an elephant to flight that was looking for food in a village. The video went viral on the net. (Symbolic image) © Christoph Schmidt/dpa
Encountering an elephant in the wild has also become rare in Thailand. According to the homepage of the "Green – Elephant Sanctuary Park Phuket", the number of pachyderms in Thailand has declined drastically in recent decades. The population has been decimated from around 50,000 elephants in 1950 to currently around 3500 animals.
Elephants are not actually considered aggressive animals. In India, however, a pachyderm caused a real tragedy twice. (hg)