Elephant calf struggles to cross barrier, netizens call for better wildlife projects

A ‘heart wrenching’ video of an elephant calf struggling to cross over a barrier on road has promoted a discussion on importance of a suitable mitigation measure for wildlife. Shared on Twitter by ‘WildLense’ on July 3, video shows an adult tusker helping little one get over concrete barrier while it struggled to climb it. In caption, internet user informed that incident was captured by a lorry driver Nilambur corridor in Kerala.  

Since shared, video has been viewed over 27,000 times. clip has been circulating on various social media platforms and highlighting need for a wild-life friendly project which is suitable ‘doorway’ for tiny animals. 

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Netizens call it ‘shocking’ 

One internet user called it ‘shocking’ and wrote, “As a human, we are destroying every right of speechless animals”. He furr tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to look into matter and “create corridors for seamless movement of animals”. Ar user said, “we ensure our human safety first by construction of barriers and like we forget to think of se precious ones (actually we intrude in ir paths and take it for granted)”. 

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