Overview

• On July 5 local residents in Borjuri Basti alerted forest patrols after spotting a lone elephant calf near the Veroni corridor early in the morning.
• Teams from the Agoratoli Range and the CWRC secured the calf and conducted a health check at the rehabilitation centre, confirming it was uninjured and disease-free.
• Officials rubbed the mother’s dung onto the calf to mask human scent before deploying two departmental elephants to track the herd’s movement.
• At 8:30 a.m. the mother elephant responded to the calf’s calls and reunited with it in a moment captured by Susanta Nanda that has since gone viral.
• Park authorities are monitoring the reunited pair’s wellbeing as the viral footage underscores the role of community cooperation in conservation.