Bhopal, April 12: It is reported that a tiger killed a baby elephant of age one and a half in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve which is located in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. This Tiger Reserve is particularly located in the district named Umaria which is in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
According to the details given by the forecast officer, the baby elephant got attacked by the tiger on Monday when he got separated from the herd. He got separated from the herd because of the bad weather. And that was the time when he attacked by the male tiger.
The forest officials got to know about the incident when they found the body of the baby elephant with the marks of the tiger attack on his neck. They not only noticed the tiger attack marks on his neck but also saw a tiger near the body and the officials also saw the pug marks in the nearby area. The body was found while the forest officials were patrolling an area in the Panpatha Corps range of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve on that day.
“This is the first time that a tiger has haunted a wild elephant, not just in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, but in the whole of Madhya Pradesh,” said the forest officials.
“After the incident, questions are being raised whether a tiger can kill a wild elephant. Yes, if the elephant is below 5 years of age, it can be killed by a mature tiger. In this case, the elephant was just one-and-a-half-year-old. The tiger must have killed the elephant because it was alone after getting separated from the herd,” said the wildlife warden at Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, Pushpendra Dwivedi.
Dwivedi also confirmed the reason behind the separation of a baby elephant from the herd which is the bad weather conditions. There was not just one baby elephant who got separated from the herd but there was one more baby elephant who got separated from the herd. But the other baby was rescued unharmed and was reunited with the rest of the elephants later, He added.
