Dhenkanal: The female elephant calf named Padma, which was rescued from Chikiti in Ganjam district after being deserted by its herd, will get a new family at the Kapilash elephant rescue centre in the district on Wednesday.
According to the forest department sources, the baby elephant is doing well and it will be allowed to live along with the other rescued elephants at the centre. The centre already has five rescued elephants as its members.
“It was so far kept in isolation in a room at the centre. But it will be allowed to live along with the other elephants from today and its whole activities will be closely monitored,” said Dhenkanal DFO Prakash Chand Gogineni.
The calf’s blood sample was sent to OUAT for test and the report suggested that the calf is in a healthy condition.
Earlier last week, the deserted baby elephant rescued from Sunapur village on the outskirts of the silk city had been shifted to Kapilash rescue centre in Dhenkanal district.
When the…