{"id":431,"date":"2025-06-24T02:06:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T02:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=431"},"modified":"2025-06-24T02:06:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T02:06:46","slug":"elephants-defend-their-young-from-wild-dogs-in-kruger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=431","title":{"rendered":"Elephants Defend Their Young from Wild Dogs in Kruger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A remarkable encounter between elephants and African wild dogs was recently captured by Deon Kelbrick during a game drive near Nkhoro Bush Lodge in Greater Kruger, South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgV6inog7vBBinikAcvKULQVbXCO8BDIxZuMaiWa9GwQ-a3Jh1gvcMWBwWYZ05RhDHtsShSQ24Yaw5FX0OVFrpgeUkhUKdxGLjThm0MIQIL2MfH0cmAlwKs4SbtpKMYznr5-NZPXk7cQiNniCfZnK161E-qCYwiVliCltx2V6x_eIwdMwY7nwt8fQ_I41U\/s1600\/Elephants%20Defend%20Their%20Young%20from%20Wild%20Dogs%20in%20Kruger.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The video shows a small pack of wild dogs approaching a herd of elephants, which includes a young calf. Sensing potential danger, one of the elephant cows becomes alert, flaring her ears and raising her trunk to warn the dogs to stay away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/latestsightings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When the dogs hesitate but continue approaching, the elephant escalates her response with head-shaking and a mock charge. Other members of the herd quickly join in, forming a united front to protect the calf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/latestsightings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Trumpeting loudly, the elephants chase the dogs away. During the commotion, the mother elephant accidentally kicks her own calf, though the youngster appears unharmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/latestsightings.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/6-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After ensuring the threat is gone, the elephants calm down, reminding everyone why they are considered some of the most protective animals in the wild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A remarkable encounter between elephants and African wild dogs was recently captured by Deon Kelbrick during a game drive near Nkhoro Bush Lodge in Greater Kruger, South Africa. The video &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elephant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":432,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions\/432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}