A male elephant calf aged about one year that lost its way was united with its herd in a matter of hours on saturday in forest area linking sirumugai and bhavani sagar ranges.
According to faemers in victinitya herd of 30 elephants that had come to quench thirst at a stream leading to bhavani sagar reservoir had left behind the calf the elephant calf had meandered to the opposite side of the stream in the jurisdication of bhavani sagar range
A team of forest personnel rushed to the spot after receiving information from the farmers fed the calf and waited for the herd
to return
In the evening when the elephant come back to drink water local farmers facilitated the forest personnel to identify the mother elephant as it had been acclimatised to walking with the herd the calf kept walking behind the foresters team and moved closed to animals on sightings its baby the elephant trumpeted loudly and took it back in the herd fold said bernanrd range officer of sathyamanglam there have been instances in the past elephant herd rejecting calves that had been under human care for somedays in this case therefore the elephant calf was not taken anywhere and was kept under monitoring in the same location till the herd returned
According to faemers in victinitya herd of 30 elephants that had come to quench thirst at a stream leading to bhavani sagar reservoir had left behind the calf the elephant calf had meandered to the opposite side of the stream in the jurisdication of bhavani sagar range
A team of forest personnel rushed to the spot after receiving information from the farmers fed the calf and waited for the herd
In the evening when the elephant come back to drink water local farmers facilitated the forest personnel to identify the mother elephant as it had been acclimatised to walking with the herd the calf kept walking behind the foresters team and moved closed to animals on sightings its baby the elephant trumpeted loudly and took it back in the herd fold said bernanrd range officer of sathyamanglam there have been instances in the past elephant herd rejecting calves that had been under human care for somedays in this case therefore the elephant calf was not taken anywhere and was kept under monitoring in the same location till the herd returned
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