Baby elephant dies two weeks after being deserted by its herd
3 min readBy PTI
PALAKKAD: A child elephant that was deserted by its herd, together with its mom, in Kerala’s Attapadi forest vary almost two weeks in the past, died on Tuesday evening.
A forest officer on Wednesday mentioned the precise reason behind loss of life of the one-year-old calf was not identified but because the report of the autopsy examination accomplished by afternoon would take time to be out there.
However, veterinary medical doctors who have been taking good care of the calf for the previous two weeks are of the view that it was affected by some type of an infection, which can have resulted within the tragic end result, the officer mentioned.
He mentioned, “The calf was under our care. The day before yesterday it was fine. Thereafter, it showed some weakness and we took it for treatment. After that, it appeared to be fine. But on Tuesday afternoon, it again showed signs of weakness. All possible treatment was given to it, but it died.”
“It probably had problems since birth, which may have been the reason for it being abandoned by its herd,” he added.
The male calf was discovered deserted within the Krishnavanam space below Pudur forest station on June 15.
He was then despatched again to the forest the identical day to hitch the herd tenting within the neighbourhood, however he was once more discovered deserted by them the subsequent morning.
The forest officer mentioned that every one efforts have been made to assist the calf be part of the herd in Krishnavanam forest.
A short lived shelter was additionally constructed for the calf there however to no avail.
PALAKKAD: A child elephant that was deserted by its herd, together with its mom, in Kerala’s Attapadi forest vary almost two weeks in the past, died on Tuesday evening.
A forest officer on Wednesday mentioned the precise reason behind loss of life of the one-year-old calf was not identified but because the report of the autopsy examination accomplished by afternoon would take time to be out there.
However, veterinary medical doctors who have been taking good care of the calf for the previous two weeks are of the view that it was affected by some type of an infection, which can have resulted within the tragic end result, the officer mentioned.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
He mentioned, “The calf was under our care. The day before yesterday it was fine. Thereafter, it showed some weakness and we took it for treatment. After that, it appeared to be fine. But on Tuesday afternoon, it again showed signs of weakness. All possible treatment was given to it, but it died.”
“It probably had problems since birth, which may have been the reason for it being abandoned by its herd,” he added.
The male calf was discovered deserted within the Krishnavanam space below Pudur forest station on June 15.
He was then despatched again to the forest the identical day to hitch the herd tenting within the neighbourhood, however he was once more discovered deserted by them the subsequent morning.
The forest officer mentioned that every one efforts have been made to assist the calf be part of the herd in Krishnavanam forest.
A short lived shelter was additionally constructed for the calf there however to no avail.
