Another newborn calf, a few days old, has been observed in the herd, suggesting that the elephants from Chhattisgarh that entered eastern Maharashtra have decided to settle there. The lone male tusker from the herd died of electrocution last week. This is the second calf born in the herd in Maharashtra.

Wildlife lover Sagnik Sengupta, co-founder NGO Stripes and Green Earth Foundation, which has been assisting the Maharashtra Forest Department in tracking the elephants told mid-day that his team had told him they had spotted elephant calf footprints at Armori in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra. “We got confirmation of the newborn calf couple of days back while counting the herd using a thermal drone.