In Iɴᴅɪᴀ, a mother elephant assisted her baby to scale a concrete fence and join the rest of the herd. In Gudalur, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, the mother elephant is first seen in the video crossing the street and climbing the fence.
The smallest elephant struggled as a second elephant passed the obstruction. The calf raised its front legs in an attempt to climb up, but it was too short. It then made an effort to reach its family via a different route.
The mother elephant was ᴄʟᴏsᴇ by and was moving alongside the barrier on the road. The baby elephant attempted to climb over once more as she leaped back over to capture it. The mother descended the wall and placed her trunk on the rump of the calf to pull it off the ground.
To help the baby elephant over to join the family, the mother elephant scaled the barrier once more. The mother elephant helped the baby elephant over the fence with her trunk when its front legs struck the barrier once more.
According to local news reports, the road was shut down so the elephants could safely cross it. Many people who saw the mother elephant helping the baby elephant praised her for her sensitivity, a local said.