Forest Guide Carries 200lb Baby Elephant To Save Its Life
As humans, we must do as much as we can to help protect the animals that surround us because we share the planet with them, and we rely on animals to help us survive. Because of that, it's only right to give back to our furry friends when we have a chance; it's one of the ways we can return the favor to nature after everything we've done.
The news recently has been mostly bombarded with bad stories, and after days and months of reading negative headlines, you start to think that there's nothing positive happening out there, and you might begin to lose faith in humanity.
That's when articles like these come to light, reminding us that there are always good people out there, and while individuals like these exist, we have nothing to worry about.
We're happy to have so many selfless people on this planet, and this baby elephant was incredibly lucky to encounter one such Samaritan after the poor creature got stuck in a ditch.
The story resurfaced on the internet recently, and the photos went viral quickly as people flooded the comments with words of support for this group of forest guards, especially the hero of the story, Palanichamy Sarathkumar.
Palanichamy is a 28-year-old ranger from Tamil Nadu, India, who quickly became famous on the internet after a video surfaced online of him carrying a 200lb baby elephant to safety.
This is one of those stories that restore your faith in humanity, so make sure you scroll down and check out the full story along with the video and photos of this heroic act.
In this photo shared by the India Forest Service, you can see 28-year-old hero Palanichamy Sarathkumar carrying the 200lb baby elephant that weighs more than he does!
While heading home after working the night shift, Palanichamy received a distress call about an elephant blocking the road. He rushed to the scene along with his colleagues, and they managed to return the elephant to the woods when the ranger realized that something was wrong.
He knew something was amiss with the elephant, and that's when he noticed a baby elephant helplessly stuck in a ditch. He realized that the elephant on the road was probably the baby's mother. In the heat of the moment, Palanichamy lifted the 200lb baby elephant onto his shoulder and carried it back to its mother.
The video of his heroism went viral, and everyone in his community called him a hero for what he did. We have the video waiting for you down below, and it's not something you want to miss because we might never see anything like this again.
Here we can see the group of rangers who answered the distress call.
Carrying that baby elephant like it's a sack of potatoes!
The story has a happy ending as the calf was later reunited with its mother.
Check out the video of this ranger's heroism!
It's news like this that makes you feel better about the world, and we can only hope that there are more people like this out there who are ready to do whatever they can to help a poor animal. We should all strive to be as selfless as this forest guard because it's really the least we can do for Mother Nature.
And the sooner we start doing it, the better.
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