Guwahati 25th February: An elephant calf was recovered dead in Assam’s Sonitpur district, forest officials said on February 25.
According to reports from the region, a herd consisting of ten wild elephants, accompanied by the calf, ventured into the Bihaguri Kalitagaon area within the West Sonitpur Forest Division of Tezpur on the night of February 24.
A Forest Department official revealed that despite concerted efforts to deter the herd, the calf, weakened by injury, became incapacitated and fell behind its companions.
Gautam Mahanta, Assistant Conservator of Forest for Sonitpur, recounted the sequence of events, explaining that while the Forest Department successfully diverted the herd, the calf remained stranded, unable to keep up with the others.
As night fell in the forest, locals extended assistance, providing sustenance to the ailing calf in its time of need.
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