Carrying Dead Calf, Elephant Herd Walks From Garden To Garden In Bengal

"The elephants travelled at least 7 km from one garden to another, causing panic among the people," an officer said.

Carrying her dead calf, an elephant along with her herd walked kilometres in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Friday, officials said. The herd of 30-35 elephants travelled over 7 kilometres.

"The elephants travelled at least 7 km from one garden to another, causing panic among the people," an officer said.

The calf died yesterday morning in Dooars region's Chunabhati tea garden in Banarhat block. The mother of the calf picked it up with the trunk and meandered from one tea garden to another along with her herd, forest officials said.