A distressing video has emerged from Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa, capturing an agitated male elephant striking a week-old calf with its trunk.
The ordeal ended when another adult elephant intervened to protect the young one.
Photographer Duncan Noakes filmed the incident, which began when the infant elephant strayed too close to the irate adult.
The baby cried out in pain as the powerful trunk hit it on the backside.
In an attempt to escape, the frightened calf ran past the enraged elephant, only to be struck again. The assault ceased when the calf found refuge beside its mother.
The situation was defused by the appearance of another adult elephant, which charged at the attacker, prompting it to retreat hastily.
As it attempts to escape, the terrified baby runs in front of the furious adult and is thumped on its backside again. Source: Daily Mail
