ISRAELI ZOO ELEPHANTS GATHER AROUND THEIR YOUNG TO PROTECT THEM WHEN AIR RAID SIRENS GO OFF

With the increased range of rockets fired by Hamas and Islamic Jihad from the Gaza Strip, Israel's major population centers in the center of the country are firmly within their reach.

 

And it's not just millions of people at risk.  A remarkable video from the Safari zoo in the city of Ramat Gan, which borders Tel Aviv, shows how animals, too are being forced to cope with the onslaught. 

 

In the footage, a herd of elephants can be seen reacting to air raid sirens by quickly forming a tight unit around their young.

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