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Viral video shows wild elephant trampling tourist, stripping his pants after reckless selfie stunt in Karnataka
A tourist, R. Basavaraju, was attacked by an elephant in Karnataka after taking a selfie. The incident occurred in a restricted forest area. The elephant reacted aggressively to the camera flash. Basavaraju fell while fleeing and was trampled. He was hospitalized and fined for trespassing and provoking the animal. Forest officials have warned tourists about wildlife safety. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Elephant attack turns dangerous Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Forest officials warn tourists FAQs Entering a restricted forest area, a tourist named R. Basavarju clicked a selfie with an elephant—munching on carrots—-near a temple in Karnataka state of India. Other tourists recorded the shocking moment. The video went viral online, causing anger and fresh warnings about staying safe around wild Daniel Osorio said the elephant got provoked by the sudden camera flash, raised its trunk, and became aggressive. In the video, the elephant is seen sprinting across the road toward Basavaraju, surprising drivers on the busy road, as per the New York Post running away, Basavaraju fell face-first onto the road, giving the elephant a chance to catch him. Stomping on Basavarju multiple times, the elephant marauded the tourist, with his rear left exposed after his trousers were torn apart due to the elephant continued to stand over him for some time, before going back to the wilderness, giving Basavarju a last chance to escape. Basavarju was then rushed to the hospital and is now under treatment. Local forest authorities fined him 25,000 rupees (about $285) for trespassing and provoking wildlife, as stated by New York was also told to record a confession video admitting that he broke wildlife safety rules out of ignorance. The Forest Department called his actions reckless and reminded people to follow wildlife safety rules. India has over 30,000 wild elephants, the largest in the world, making up about 60% of all Asian elephants globally, as per the year, in Jaipur, a Russian woman was thrown to the ground by an elephant named Gouri at Amer Fort. The same elephant also badly injured a shopkeeper months earlier. Experts say elephants are normally gentle, but fear, mistreatment, or provocation can make them violent, especially in tourism or entertainment incident has started new talks on making the provocation of wild animals a criminal offense, with calls for harsher punishments for tourists risking lives for viral videos, as stated in the report by New York elephant got angry after the tourist tried to take a selfie in a restricted area and provoked it with a camera was trampled, injured, his clothes were torn, and he was hospitalized, later fined by forest authorities for trespassing.
BBC News
30-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Snow White, Disney, Rachel Zegler and a toxic debate that's not going away
Whether you like the new Snow White film or you hate it, it's hard to escape the debate around its lead actress, Rachel 23-year-old star has dominated conversation about the film, as people either blame her for its poor reviews or leap to her defence, saying she's being unfairly this debate is not new for before Snow White came out, she has been at the centre of the storm, with many criticising her take on the original film and her political views, including those on US President Donald Trump and his defended her, and expressed discomfort at seeing such a young actress suffer a critic Kelechi Ehenulo calls Zegler a victim of "culture wars", and warns actors from underrepresented backgrounds (Zegler is Latina) often find themselves becoming "targets for backlash".So how did we get to this point – and where does Zegler go from here? A blame game Let's start with the film live-action version of the classic fairy tale Snow White was released earlier this month, and has faced a slew of underwhelming reviews (the Observer's Wendy Ide described it as "toe-curlingly terrible".) US reviewers have been somewhat more positive – but despite it topping the North America box office chart, it hasn't made as much money as social media, some people have been quick to point their finger at Zegler, arguing she hampered the include Jonah Platt, the son of Snow White producer Marc Platt. Earlier this week, he took aim at Zegler in a fiery social media post. It has since been deleted, but was screenshotted by multiple outlets including the New York said Zegler had "[dragged] her personal politics" into the film's promotional campaign, adding: "Her actions clearly hurt the film's box office."Platt didn't respond to a request for comment from BBC News. The controversies started much the film was released, Zegler faced abuse online by people who disagreed with her casting in the role of a character deemed to have skin "as white as snow".Zegler made headlines after her comments, in 2022, about the original film. "There's a big focus [in the original] on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her. Weird! So we didn't do that this time."Zegler also said the original film was "extremely dated when it comes to the ideas of women being in roles of power", adding: "People are making these jokes about ours being the PC Snow White, where it's like, yeah, it is - because it needed that."Disney holds small-scale Snow White premiere amid controversyMany saw those words as a rebuke against Disney's Daily Mail branded it a "woke tirade" and an article this week in Variety said she "trashed the beloved original Snow White".City AM's film editor Victoria Luxford says criticism of the original film "was never going to work out well. These films are marketed on nostalgia, on making you feel like you did when you saw the original, so to speak of it negatively seemed puzzling".Zegler declined to comment on this Anna Smith, film critic and host of the Girls On Film podcast, told BBC News that some of the headlines may have be misleading."Zegler pointed out that times and attitudes have changed, and that the new Snow White has been adapted for the current age. This is the case with many remakes and reboots, many of which do not make the headlines with comments about 'woke' culture." Zegler's political views have also sparked a summer, she thanked fans for their response to the film's trailer in a post on X, adding, "and always remember, free Palestine".According to the Variety article, Marc Platt - mentioned above - flew to New York to speak directly with Zegler after the Zegler nor Platt have responded to a request for a comment on also stoked controversy with her views after the 2024 US presidential election. Writing on Instagram, she said she hoped "Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace".She later apologised for what she had commend her for speaking her mind. Ehenulo says that she is "not the first and certainly not the last actor to be speaking about politics".And Luxford told me she was "hard-pressed" to imagine the film's core audience, children under 10, being swayed by her film critic Conor Riley said that her comments about Trump didn't "help the stability of the movie's release".He notes that Gal Gadot, who plays Snow White's stepmother, the Evil Queen, has also faced a backlash from some people. Gadot, who is Israeli, has been vocal in her support of the timing of the film also didn't help, he added."Ultimately, [Zegler] became a lightning rod for controversy, not just due to her own actions, but because Snow White landed at the intersection of Hollywood's creative stagnation, racial politics, international conflict, and America's deep ideological divide," he said. 'Targets for backlash' Some, like Luxford, argue that some of the pile-on comes from "a place of prejudice". "She's a young Latina woman with political opinions that don't align with certain groups, who are quick to voice their anger," she is far from the first young female actress to find herself facing a toxic backlash. Recently, Stranger Things actor Millie Bobby Brown criticised press articles about her appearance, saying "this isn't journalism, this is bullying".Smith notes that women in positions of prominence are more likely to be targeted in this way."When women in the public eye are criticised, there is often bias at work. Regardless of the topic, the way it's dealt with, talked about and reported will often differ compared to the way men are treated," she for her part, calls on the industry to do more to protect their stars."What irks me is how easy [people of colour] actors become targets for backlash on social media and yet the culture of silence from studios, news outlets and social media platforms says it all," she said."That lack of public protection... means the toxicity continues to fester and rise. It's the Wild West out there and I can't see it getting better when this has been normalised to such an extent."We put those claims to Disney, but they declined to comment. The big roles keep coming for Zegler. She is now signed up to star in Evita in the West End this summer, and on Friday, she made a splash in a different way - reading a CBeebies Bedtime the end of the story, Zegler tells young viewers: "To be a powerful princess you just need to be wonderful, brilliant you!" For some, this is a message that encapsulates Zegler herself."I don't know if she's going to be doing another Disney film anytime soon," says Luxford, "but she's 23, she's a Golden Globe winner, and she's a very talented actor."
