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Elephant calf found weak and alone in Erode’s Sathyamangalam forest

An elephant calf, aged between two and three years that had been united with an adult female elephant after the death of its mother, was found weak and wandering alone in the Sathyamangalam forest in Erode district. On April 11, a female wild elephant, aged between 45 and 50 years, was found sick at Pudukuiyanur village in Vadavalli, Sathyamangalam, along …

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Mother elephant dies in STR, calf united with herd

ERODE: A 40-year-old female elephant that fell unconscious near Bannari inside Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve on Sunday died on Tuesday morning despite intensive treatment. While the sub adult elephant instantaneously mingled with a herd that had arrived at the spot after hearing the cries of the calves, the two-month-old calf kept circling its mother. Supriya Sahu, additional chief secretary of environment …

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Ailing wild elephant dies, calf united with herd

A female wild elephant, aged 45-50, that was under treatment for the last two days died in a forest area at the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve near the Bannari – Bhavanisagar road here on Tuesday. Since the veterinarians concluded that the mother elephant would not survive, the Forest Department decided to reunite the calf with its herd and planned an operation. …

Tamil Nadu forest officials treat sick elephant and her calf. IAS officer shares post

Admirers of Academy Award winning ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ may not disagree that Ammu, a three-month-old female elephant calf, is the cutest character in the 40-minute Netflix documentary. It was on October 24, 2019 that Justices M. Sathyanarayanan and N. Seshasayee of the Madras High Court had ordered that “utmost care must be bestowed” to bring up Ammukutty alias Ammu alias …