Wildlife Trust of India
June 25. 2007
Manas (Assam), June 25: The six hand raised elephant calves being readied for release in a National Park in the eastern Indian Assam state are enjoying the monsoons, frolicking in the swelling streams and eating the new shoots of grass that have sprung out of the wet earth.
After months of dry weather and shrinking streams, the continuous rain in the last fortnight has brought with it an abundance of food and water.
The calves were brought to Doimari in Manas National Park from their earlier home in Kaziranga, about 350 kms away in February this year, as part of a plan to rehabilitate them in the wild.
All of them were between 1 to 2 years old when they were rescued from different parts of Assam, and were hand raised at the Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) in Kaziranga.
“Since the food is in plenty these days, the elephants are very excited and stay out long hours for forage. But sometimes we are worried, when they move to faraway places and remain out of sight,” Tarun Gogoi, one of the animal keepers who looks after the elephants said.
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