A separate cabin protected with a barbed wire has been given to the young mother to nurse its calf. Dudhwa officials are taking the best care of the mother and its newborn. "We don't want tigers, leopards or any other wild animal to attack the newborn. The mother is too weak to protect itself or the calf," said deputy director, Dudhwa, VK Singh.
The calf, not even a day old, has been christened 'Vinayak' a synonym of the elephant-god Ganesh. A day after a wild tusker got killed in a train accident in Katarniaghat, Dudhwa officials rejoiced over the birth of the male calf. Dudhwa has 13 elephants which are used for patrolling and tourism.
Chameli, who was kept at Kaima Chauki, 100 metres from the Nepal border, had disappeared from its place about two years back. The forest department had launched a hunt for the female considering it was young and of much use to the department.
But, it was not traced. This female pachyderm from Jhaldapara, however, came back on its own to the chauki after four days. The officials were happy to know the female was in family way a few months later. Chameli, in fact, has added some colour to the life of elephants in Dudhwa, which are never counted as elephant population of the park and have lived a life of captivity and confinement.
Chameli could have only taken a lesson from its older mates Pawankali, Champakali, Sulochana, Pushpakali, Pakhri and Madhu in running away and having a life of its own, even though the freedom was short-lived. The female elephants still have some hope as the wandering wild tuskers from Nepal, crossing through Dudhwa, at times chase these females sensing their presence in the vicinity.
"Many times, wild elephants break fences and create ruckus, following which females disappear for a few days and return on their own," said the official.
The six males in the group are not as fortunate as their female counterparts. Whenever they get restless for mating, forest staff pacifies them through sedatives and other artificial means. They hardly mate. Moreover, since they are in captivity, it is not easy to break the shackles and escape.
So far, Dudhwa has only once case of a male elephant, Mohan, gone missing. Later, it came back to its moorings on its own. The calves born to the female can be released in the wild. But, in the initial few years, they do not leave their mothers' side, and prolonged stay makes them part of the official brigade of jumbos.
Chameli's newborn has come more than a decade after the park got its youngest member of the group, Baltic, born in 1999.
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
Back from Nepal, elephant begets calf at Dudhwa national park
Dengan url
http://uratrefleksi.blogspot.com/2013/08/back-from-nepal-elephant-begets-calf-at.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
Back from Nepal, elephant begets calf at Dudhwa national park
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
Back from Nepal, elephant begets calf at Dudhwa national park
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar