Odisha: Grieving jumbo refuses to leave dead calf in Similipal, video viral

Odisha: Grieving jumbo refuses to leave dead calf in Similipal, video viral

Baripada: Motherhood knows no species. In a heartbreaking scene, a grieving mother elephant was seen fiercely guarding the carcass of its newborn calf on the fringe of Similipal National Park in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district.  The deeply moving visuals were reported from Satbhaya village which comes under Brahmangaon panchayat in Bangiriposi forest range. The calf is believed to have died a few hours after birth. A video that went viral showed th…

Grieving Mother Elephant Stands For Hours By Her Dead Calf In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: In a heart-rending incident, an elephant refused to move away from the carcass of its dead calf and stood beside it on the fringe of Similipal National Park even as rain lashed Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district. Reports indicate that the forest department took images and footage of the calf and its mother using cameras and drones on Wednesday, but issued no statement on the calf’s health. Later, upon noticing that the calf showed no sign…