What If You Were a Frightened Elephant Living in Israel Right Now?

Amazing and heartbreaking footage

07.15.2014 | News | Matt Fox |

This footage is simultaneously moving and chilling, all at once. What you see here is a family of endangered elephants living at the Ramat Gan Zoo in Tel Aviv, Israel. With nowhere to escape, you can sense the fright and panic of the animals as they swarm to protect their young, all while cowering in response to the bomb sirens erupting after Hamas launched rockets into Israel.

You can tell that these precious creatures are imminently aware of the danger — even though it’s a man-made danger — and the fully-grown Asian elephants can be seen hurling their trunks in the air, frantically huddling and perhaps crying around their children. If you listen carefully, you can hear other animals that are clearly in distress.

We often spend so much time thinking about war’s collateral damage in the human sense that we forget the toll it can take on some of nature’s most beautiful specimens. Luckily, these elephants are reported to have returned to their normal routines after this particular bout of chaos subsided.

Matt Fox

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Fox has history in broadcasting that spans two decades. From his early days as an FM host and club DJ in the mid-90′s to his later experiences in political talk radio, he has always had a knack for combining topical news with his love for popular culture. Those experiences culminated in his position as executive producer for several radio shows featured in the TALKERS Heavy 100. Originally from New York, Fox has made the great pilgrimage down to sunny south Florida.

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