NEVER FORGET YOU Heartbreaking moment baby elephant refuses to leave dead mum’s side and even tries to nudge her awake with its trunk

The 40-year-old mum is believed to have died after falling from the hilltop and getting her neck stuck in a tree trunk.

Two jumbo elephants had to be brought in to rescue the calf after forest officials discovered the grieving baby in the Rajaji Reserve Forest in Uttarakhand, India.

Director of the reserve, Sanatan Sonkar described the harrowing scene, telling how "the baby calf simply refused to leave its mother".

He explained: "It would feel the dead body of the fallen giant occasionally with its legs and trunk, hoping to elicit a response from her."

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