A moving video shared by Parveen Kaswan on Twitter captures elephants mourning a calf’s death. On an empty road, an elephant gently carries the lifeless baby to the roadside, joined by others forming a sorrowful circle.
This will move you !! Funeral procession of the weeping elephants carrying dead body of the child elephant. The family just don’t want to leave the baby. pic.twitter.com/KO4s4wCpl0
— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) June 7, 2019
The herd stays with the calf in a poignant “funeral procession,” eventually carrying it away. This powerful display highlights the deep emotional bonds and mourning rituals of elephants.