This was the moment when angry residents in India launched firebombs at a female elephant and her calf in a bid to prevent the confused animals from wandering onto their crops in India. The images, taken in Bishnupur, India, show the extreme lengths the inhabitants go to tether elephants from damaging their property.
Indian men can be seen hurling firebombs at a mom and her calf, with the flames causing the panicked animals to run across a road. In another image, villagers launch stones at a herd passing through their community. Heartbreaking photos also show a family of elephants attempting to navigate a railway line built straight through their habitat.
Elephants wandering into villages and communities is an increasingly common occurrence amid deforestation across India.
