How does an elephant look after any young it has?

Answer 1

Elephant females live in (quite large) family groups, while the males are loners but sometimes join together for safety.

The female group is leaded by a matriarch, the eldest and wisest female. There are usually five to twenty adult or near-adults in a group, and all of them protect the youngest.

The young are guarded mostly by their mother and siblings (if they have any). But should predators (lions, hyena's) show up and threat the group, all elephants stand together around the one to six young elephants. Elephants from a certain age (and size!) are no longer vulnerable to predators so long as they're standing and form a group.