Mother Elephant, Herd Carry Body Of Dead Calf For 2 Days
A mother elephant carrying the carcass of her calf with her trunk roamed tea estates and fringe areas of Bengal's Jalpaiguri district throughout Friday.
Losing a loved one is the most saddening thing that can happen to a being. Even for animals, it is highly unbearable. A mother elephant couldn't bear losing her child as well.
In West Bengal¡¯s Jalpaiguri, a mother elephant was found carrying the body of her dead calf. A video of the same has been surfacing on social media. It showed the mama elephant struggling to lift her dead calf with her trunk in Ambari Tea Estate, Jalpaiguri and refusing to let it go.
According to reports, this calf died on Friday morning in Dooars region's Chunabhati tea garden in Banarhat block. The mother elephant picked up the body of the calf with her trunk and meandered from one tea garden to another along with a herd of about 30-35 elephants.
#WATCH | WB: A mother elephant seen carrying carcass of her dead calf in Ambari Tea Estate, Jalpaiguri. A team of Binnaguri wildlife reached there to retrieve the carcass but elephant walked away to Redbank Tea Estate. Cause of death yet to be ascertained.
¡ª ANI (@ANI) May 27, 2022
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The forest officials said that the herd of elephants travelled over 7 kilometres. From Chunabhati, the elephants went to Ambari tea garden, Diana tea garden and Newdooars tea garden before laying the calf's carcass near a bush at Redbank tea garden.
Sudhir Guha, an official of the Red Bank Tea Garden, said that the mother had brought the body of the calf from some distance into the tea garden.
People were left saddened after the video of the mother carrying the dead calf surfaced on the internet.
Animals are far more sensitive than we think they are ???
¡ª #savekbr (@maddy_9238) May 29, 2022
So Sad ???
¡ª Rajendraan C (@Rajendr09409599) May 29, 2022
Brave mom.
May the baby calf rest in peace.
Heart wrenching ?
¡ª Dr Ranjan ?? (@AAPforNewIndia) May 27, 2022
Mother only knows the agany ???
¡ª Dr Shibu A (@ShibuProf) May 29, 2022
¡°Elephants are known to take extra care of their calves. We have come across several incidents of elephants pulling all stops to rescue their calves from any kind of distress. This incident is also an indicator of elephant behaviour. What is significant here is that the entire herd has joined the grieving female,¡± Shyama Prasad Pandey, coordinator of the Wildlife Trust of India-SPOAR elephant corridor monitoring project in northern West Bengal told The Hindu.
Truly saddening.
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