Three-month-old rescued elephant calf dies; tusker toll at Madhya Pradesh’s Bandhavgarh reaches 11
The Hindu
Tragic death of elephant calf in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve marks 11th tusker fatality in a month.
An elephant calf that got separated from the herd and was rescued died at the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) in Madhya Pradesh's Umaria district on Sunday (November 10, 2024) morning, an official said.
With this, 11 tuskers have died in BTR since last month.
The calf was found ill and abandoned by its herd in the buffer zone of the BTR on Friday, the official said.
The reserve has witnessed the deaths of 10 elephants in the last three days of October.
BTR deputy director Prakash Kumar Verma on Sunday said the elephant calf was found unconscious three days ago in the Panpatha buffer range.
The calf was being treated by the veterinarians at the Rama Elephant Camp and died at 6.06 a.m. this morning. A postmortem examination is now being conducted on the baby elephant, Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve Deputy Mr. Verma said.
On October 29, four wild elephants were found dead in Sankhani and Bakeli under the Khalil range of the reserve, while four others died on October 30 and two on October 31.
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