Baby elephant separated from mother rescued in Indonesia
- A four-day-old calf born to Hemavathi, an elephant at Sakrebailu elephant camp, died on Monday evening due to starvation as the mother could not nurse it.
- Efforts by the camp staff to feed the calf also failed, leading to its death.
- A caretaker was injured when a wild elephant charged at him; he was treated at McGann Hospital and has since been discharged.
- Prasanna Krishna Patagar, Deputy Conservator of Forests, stated that the female elephant was too young to nurse the calf.
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