Pet cat named Simba scares away elephant

A three-year-old pet cat squared up to a four-tonne elephant and sent him fleeing. Photo:ViralPress/ SWNS.

Incredible pictures have emerged of the moment a four-tonne elephant is chased away by a pet cat. The 35-year-old elephant known as Pai Salick, can be seen wandering into the garden of the cat's owner before he is confronted by the three-year-old kitty, named Simba. Far from escaping the enormous beast - which is capable of killing a human with a single step - the cat is seen squaring up to him. Frightened by the feline's apparent unwavering resolve to guard his owner's garden, Pai is captured turning around and fleeing empty-trunked. Residents said the elephant is a "nuisance" known for trampling on people's gardens in search of food.

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