Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 08:51pm on 03 Jan 2024,Wednesday India
A four to five-month-old baby elephant who became separated from his mother and herd at a wildlife park in Tamil Nadu, India has been reunited after a drone search located the herd 2.5 miles away. An aerial photo published by the forest officials shows the mother and calf enjoying a nap, with the baby nestled against her chest. Usually, a herd waits for a missing calf but sometimes moves away for safety from humans. Once the calf was found, a day after he was separated, drones were used to locate the herd. Before taking the calf to the herd, forest officials bathed him and spread mud on him to reduce any human smells. Kartick Satyanarayan of Wildlife SOS explained, "It means the mother and aunts will welcome the calf back and it reduces their anxiety about any human imprint." The matriarch chooses between the herd's welfare and a single calf's. Drones helped ensure this baby's distressing separation ended joyfully.
