‘Rescued’ baby elephant cuddles forest officer, image goes viral

Team Udayavani, Oct 16, 2021, 10:30 AM IST

Thousands of netizens have been moved by a photo of a rescued young elephant hugging a forest official in Tamil Nadu. Parveen Kaswan of the Indian Forest Service (IFS) tweeted the photo.

“Love has no language. A baby elephant hugging a forest officer. The team rescued this calf and reunited it with its mother,” read the caption.

Love has no language. A baby elephant hugging a forest officer. The team rescued this calf & reunited with mother. pic.twitter.com/BM66tGrhFA

— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) October 14, 2021

Below is how the internet reacted.

Clearly, love knows no language! 🙂 https://t.co/Rzx1GUs5Nw

— Nishu Jain (@nishujain94) October 15, 2021

❤ Animal has more humanity ❤ https://t.co/P5aaPScFBc

— Niral Shah (@Nikniral) October 15, 2021

@TandonRaveena Love can overcome language & other barriers. The feelings of the heart need not be expressed in words. It can be communicated thru physical touch like hugs or body language cues like simply from an eye gaze or wagging of tail as the case may be. https://t.co/nyrtIhOfMv

— Postmortem of Love (@dusshool99fan) October 15, 2021