{"id":4575,"date":"2025-08-29T18:51:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T18:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=4575"},"modified":"2025-08-29T18:51:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T18:51:19","slug":"a-mothers-grief-on-the-highway-the-baby-elephant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=4575","title":{"rendered":"A Mother\u2019s Grief On The Highway: The Baby Elephant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Tragedy on Mother\u2019s Day<\/strong><br>On Malaysia\u2019s East\u2013West Highway, a baby elephant was struck and killed by a livestock truck near Gerik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Footage of the grieving mother went viral, leaving millions in tears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Mother\u2019s Desperation<\/strong><br>Witnesses described her actions as \u201cfrantic and heart-shattering.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She circled the truck, nudging it and trumpeting in distress, standing guard beside her calf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One observer wrote, \u201cJust imagine, a pregnancy of 18\u201322 months, walking with her calf every day to forage, and now she waits, but the child is not coming out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailypositiveinfo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dailyp123_73791_Elephant_mourning_-v_7_41c03396-38e0-48f2-8cd1-258a490149c2_1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42829\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shared Grief<\/strong><br>Videos spread online, especially poignant on Mother\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Netizens wrote, \u201cHow sad it is for the mother,\u201d and \u201cIt\u2019s as though she still believes her calf is alive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident highlighted that animals also feel love and grief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Urgent Solutions Needed<\/strong><br>The highway cuts through elephant habitats, causing repeated accidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts call for wildlife crossings, better lighting, and speed enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Perak Elephant Sanctuary aims to help, but completion isn\u2019t expected until 2029.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tragedy on Mother\u2019s DayOn Malaysia\u2019s East\u2013West Highway, a baby elephant was struck and killed by a livestock truck near Gerik. Footage of the grieving mother went viral, leaving millions in tears. A Mother\u2019s DesperationWitnesses described her actions as \u201cfrantic and heart-shattering.\u201d She circled the truck, nudging it and trumpeting in distress, standing guard beside her&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4575"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4577,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4575\/revisions\/4577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}